Sharing What I know

Sharing what I know is a way also to learn.  That's why I love to teach my process classes because it helps me see in a different way.  I study art all the time, day in and day out.  Inbetween conversations, when it's not busy at work, and in my own imagination.  I think about it 24 hours a day.  With out looking at our Masters and other artists I can't see where I can go and beyond.  Most importantly I actually have to make marks on my canvas to learn it, so I thought I would share more of how my process looks.
Right now I am in the middle of my God Series.  A poem called "God's Grandeur, by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89).   So this poem is my starting point, the theme of this body of work.  I have journal that I have jotted down notes on what I want to convey and how, also my color choices.  This way all the is in my head as far as words and intention are written down so I can focus on play and not on what it is that I am doing.  If I get lost, I have my notes to refer to.  This painting is what would be called my first layer.  I have my "main" color and my focal point.  Come along for the ride and see how this painting turns out!

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