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| ACCEPTANCE. 8×8″ on wood. Original Available Here. Prints available in my shop. |
“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.”
-Leonardo da Vinci
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If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that whenever I am stuck with my artwork and feeling really vulnerable with my work, I paint an owl.
Well, sometimes I paint a bear to get back into my comfort zone.
This little bear came out of a lot of other frustrated paintings. I’d been feeling like I wasn’t pushing myself enough, so I tried to do something different, which inevitably made me dislike my paintings… because I was trying something I’d never done before AND I’d stopped having fun.
So I dragged out an old painting I’d never liked and painted over it.
I wanted to paint something I knew I’d love, so after I’d covered the original up with my favorite supplies (tissue papers and inks), I started painting a bear.
And out of all of the other frustrated attempts I’d been painting, this little bear fell right into place…
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| ACCEPTANCE. 8×8″ on wood. Original Available Here. Prints available in my shop. |
And I ended up experimenting with a few new techniques and colors… which is what I had been wanting all along.
Sometimes it just takes returning to what you’re most comfortable with and having ACCEPTANCE in the journey of the creative process.
Happy painting!!!
xo,
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Eulita
your bear is lovely. someday I will try acrylic / mixed media painting !