When to listen.

Listening to our art...

I read this online today.

Nicholas Wilton says-

“How can we learn to recognize and 

use our intuition when making art?

I believe intuition is the cornerstone 

of all powerful, authentic art.

But even so, it can be hard to not only

recognize but to trust our intuition.

How do we know, what we intuitively 

know is right?

One way is to simply listen to

what your art is telling you”.

Nicholas Wilton - Art2Life.com

Nicholas believes 

‘listening‘ can hold the key to

making our art more powerful.

He believes our intuition can 

be described as a form of listening.

I gave his words some thought

so I shall use my painting 

‘Balancing Act’

as an example.

This painting has returned to

my studio from an exhibition.

It’s now time to decide whether to keep 

it or rework part or all of the work.

We can all have a ‘gut feeling’ that 

something is right or wrong.

I have a ‘gut feeling’ (with intuitive 

listening), that this canvas needs 

some re-working at the top left.

Naturally it can go wrong...

There is a danger that I may go rapidly 

down the road of total destruction.

Readers of my Blog may recall this.

But...some destruction can bring

forth a greater opportunity.

I think it is worth the risk.

Playtime 

Using digital doodling I played 

with the image, adding more colour,

re-shaping the area and scribbled

the pale yellow squiggle.

Suddenly, I think the image has 

more impact.  Shall I do it for real? 

I will tell you next week.  

Just a reminder...

The Gainsborough Artisan Fair

is on Saturday 14 December.

I shall have a stall in the

 Town Hall from 10am until 3pm.

Lots of small oil painting gifts 

painted on Arches heavy oil paper.

 

Bookmarks

Oil painting Cards...

Send it or frame it.

Prices from £2 

Framed pictures 

6x6 inches £ 20
 

8x8 inches £ 40

Until next time...

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