100 Paintings Challenge: Painting #99 times three

Quantity over Quality

Sounds odd doesn't it?! Quantity over quality………

The purpose for quantity over quality is because most of us strive to paint a quality painting each time we touch brush to paper. We sometimes get too caught up in the quality of our paintings and don't finish them for a myriad of reasons including "it's not good enough," "it doesn't look right," and "it looks nothing like I thought it would."

By focusing on quantity, we set aside the search for perfection and begin to paint for the practice of it, to learn what works, what doesn't and to keep going - no matter how good or how poorly a painting is turning out.

Giving/Receiving Encouragement

One of the things that can help us to grow quickly is encouraging comments - it keeps us motivated to continue painting. We are often “too close” to our own work and someone else, with more distance, can easily see areas to be improved.

Giving Encouragment:

• Be positive and upbeat!

• Use constructive criticism if you offer a critique.

• Be specific about what works well and why OR what does not work well and why.

• Re-read your comments BEFORE posting to make sure they say what you want them say!

• Be kind and courteous.

• Consider that you may not know what the artist’s “vision” is for a particular piece of artwork.

Receiving Encouragement:

• Try it on for size - if it fits, great. If not, disregard the comment(s).

• Take the comment in the spirit it was given - to be helpful.

• Do not fire off a comment in anger or hurt.

• Do not retaliate by being hurtful in your comments back to someone who has hurt you.

If you feel someone is being unfair on a repeated basis, contact me directly so that we can discuss it off-line.

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Painting #99 times three

I really wanted this 99th painting to be special but the first one failed, so I tried again and that failed, so I tried again and that also failed.

So I am posting the three failures. I don't give up easy. lol

I took a photo of a small steam we passed by and tried to loosely paint those wonderful autumn colors and reflections. I cropped the heck out of it and here it is.

This is the view out our front window which faces east. Early in the morning the sun peeks through the evergreens and I had to try painting it but, another cropped view.

I really love the sky and the morning sunrise but again, I had to crop out the bad parts.

I had a cropping good time.

Tomorrow I will post my last painting. I promise there is only one. I can't believe it will be my last. This challenge has been awesome and I am so happy I made the commitment.

6 comments:

Elva Paulson said...: The light and color in all of these is wonderful! I love how such simple sketches can catch so much feeling. I can almost feel the dew in the air on the last two. They all make me homesick for Wiosconsin.; October 12, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Mermaid's Palette said...: I am not able to paint without lots of detail, but you really did a nice job and they (all 3) have such a glow. I do know what you mean about cropping though, I guess we are our own worst critics. Congrats on 99!
Sheryl; October 12, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Linda Roth said...: The landscape with the sky and morning sunrise can be cropped into a long rectangle. I took the image and did it. It still needs the tree line to be played up a bit more. I'd love to show it to you, but I suggest you just crop some more. Don't be afraid to discard most of the picture to get the picture. It looks good. Your colors are lovely. This painting is salvageable. So is the top one.; October 12, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Gabrielle said...: Teri - Congratulations! 99 paintings is a HUGE accomplishment. Wow! Good for you!

I know I've pretty much dropped out of the Blogosphere, but I have been lurking occasionally and this big milestone for you called for an appearance. Congrats again for seeing this Challenge through!; October 12, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Kelly said...: ...Teri....I LOVE the last "failure." It looks perfect to me--crop away! ...and I loe the watery feel of the first painting...; October 14, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Timaree said...: I really love the last one also. It's a very dreamy scene. I'd frame it!; October 14, 2010 at 12:19 PM

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