Making friends with frustrationn (part two) - Live, unvarnished painting session and chat
Paul Foxton
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Today's stream is going to be a bit of a high-wire act. I've got a large textured panel, a rough sense of where my work's heading, no reference to lean on and no idea of the end result.
At some point tonight, I know frustration will show up — it always does. I'm reptty sure you'll know that feeling too: This is not going well. That last bit I painted is not working. I don't know what to do to "fix" this!
When it does show up, I'm not going to fight it or sit back and wait for it to pass. Instead, I'll try to notice where it actually sits in my body, and use it as a signal for something specific: that I've started chasing a result instead of trusting the process. Getting back to the process is the whole antidote — not making the frustration go away, which I can't promise anyone, myself included.
In fact, I think the frustration may just be an integral part of what we do. Even, maybe, an important part.
I'll be bringing cold wax to the panel live as this unfolds, and probably show you a couple of other pieces along the way too.----------------------------- USEFUL LINKS -----------------------------
If you're interested in learning with me, you can see the online art school I run here: https://courses.learning-to-see.co.uk...
The online art school give you access to a bunch of courses, membership in my wonderful (and private) artist's community, live critique calls and a bunch of other stuff.
There's no minimum period and you can cancel at any time.
The app I use when I'm teaching to investigate the colour is called ChromaMagic. It's a fantastic learning tool. You can find it on the Apple and Google Play stores, and there is also a Windows version. It's very inexpensive and extremely useful! If you struggle at all with judging values and colours, or with mixing, this is a great tool to help you calibrate your eye.
You can get the Munsell value scale - which allows you to translate values from the app directly to your painting - from Paul Centore on Ebay here, also very inexpensive: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223003792036
Subscribe to my email list to get notifications of future live streams and other helpful info about painting in oils: https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/sub...
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Is the Pope a catholic?
So many things frustrate me in my art, but I think they can largely be boiled down to an obssesive-compulsive personality.
I was in the chat of the first stream, asking about the crackle medium and Michael Harding gesso. Things broke down (and I had to leave anyway) before I asked a third question: assuming your're in the UK, how difficult is it to get a hold of lead ground?
Making friends with frustrationn (part two) - Live, unvarnished painting session and chat
Paul Foxton
4,534 views
Today's stream is going to be a bit of a high-wire act. I've got a large textured panel, a rough sense of where my work's heading, no reference to lean on and no idea of the end result.
At some point tonight, I know frustration will show up — it always does. I'm reptty sure you'll know that feeling too: This is not going well. That last bit I painted is not working. I don't know what to do to "fix" this!
When it does show up, I'm not going to fight it or sit back and wait for it to pass. Instead, I'll try to notice where it actually sits in my body, and use it as a signal for something specific: that I've started chasing a result instead of trusting the process. Getting back to the process is the whole antidote — not making the frustration go away, which I can't promise anyone, myself included.
In fact, I think the frustration may just be an integral part of what we do. Even, maybe, an important part.
I'll be bringing cold wax to the panel live as this unfolds, and probably show you a couple of other pieces along the way too.----------------------------- USEFUL LINKS -----------------------------
If you're interested in learning with me, you can see the online art school I run here: https://courses.learning-to-see.co.uk...
The online art school give you access to a bunch of courses, membership in my wonderful (and private) artist's community, live critique calls and a bunch of other stuff.
There's no minimum period and you can cancel at any time.
The app I use when I'm teaching to investigate the colour is called ChromaMagic. It's a fantastic learning tool. You can find it on the Apple and Google Play stores, and there is also a Windows version. It's very inexpensive and extremely useful! If you struggle at all with judging values and colours, or with mixing, this is a great tool to help you calibrate your eye.
You can get the Munsell value scale - which allows you to translate values from the app directly to your painting - from Paul Centore on Ebay here, also very inexpensive: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223003792036
Subscribe to my email list to get notifications of future live streams and other helpful info about painting in oils: https://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/sub...