A pastel from a few years ago
For a long time now I’ve wanted to get out my paints. I used to paint all the time, I even have a BA Arts (painting) and every supply under the sun. I have piles of paint (oil, acrylic, watercolour, goache, pastel etc etc), plenty of canvases (some new, some left over from uni days) and I own about four easels. I have sketches to go by, drawings galore and yet I haven’t really gotten started. I even blogged about this earlier this year here.
So, what is the cause of my non-start? I’ve narrowed it down to a few things;
1. Space – our house is small and there is no place for me to set up anything and leave it there.
2. Smell – I worry about the smell of turpentine or oil paint in a house with young kids (although that’s only half a reason as I could use many other mediums).
3. Saleability – what would I do with all these paintings afterwards? Would they be sellable?
4. Style – I am a perfectionist and yet love the rough, unfinished style similar to that of the impressionists or any charcoal sketch. What style should I do.
Some would say that I should just get the paint out and have a go but perhaps its just not the right time for this yet. In about a year’s time we may move Lucinda into Keziah’s room and we MAY have a spot for me to paint. Perhaps its all about timing. Any theories?
Hey, maybe you should move into Michaels greenhouse since he hasn’t used it yet!
I what you are saying. I find I let my work station get cluttered up and then do a maddie cleaning. A wonderful big studio would to perfectly where you can leave your work and then comeback to it without worrying there will be little handprints or something has been ingested.
I’m finding now the children are in full time school and have more time and patience to experiment. It’s all in the timing!