tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20414780.post3874455760705149914..comments2024-03-03T15:13:42.413-03:30Comments on Illustrated Life: Looking for perfectionJeanette Jobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08935974758134419990noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20414780.post-49814191345982862632011-03-10T20:58:41.206-03:302011-03-10T20:58:41.206-03:30Thanks Rhonda. Yes, we all have a shelf, drawer o...Thanks Rhonda. Yes, we all have a shelf, drawer or similar where 'unknowns' sit and await their fate. :)<br /><br />The position of the gannet, those huge outspread wings, high over the ocean gives me a touch of vertigo when I look at. The drawing becomes the easy part. The painting is the challenge.<br /><br />Yes, Billie, defining that moment when internally you realize that you've done what you can and it looks like the vision in your head can be tricky.<br /><br />And you're right, a leg in both worlds makes it more difficult to know the moment.<br /><br />Oh Hedera, I hope I don't reach that stage of standing, paintbrush in hand in a gallery, doing touch ups! :) Having said that I know I do stand in front of framed pieces thinking, "I wish I had done....xyz to it." Sad isn't it?<br /><br />Olivia, thanks so much. The fishes always call me. You too, I think. We swim in the same sea.Jeanette Jobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935974758134419990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20414780.post-79230582467081148852011-03-10T17:36:12.990-03:302011-03-10T17:36:12.990-03:30In love with your fishes Jeanette !In love with your fishes Jeanette !oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418102249283872865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20414780.post-28680950320137065002011-03-10T17:16:55.558-03:302011-03-10T17:16:55.558-03:30I can also empathise...
Was it Degas who would co...I can also empathise... <br />Was it Degas who would continue to make small adjustments to his work even when when it was hanging in a gallery?Hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647048601165551808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20414780.post-43319699661523307372011-03-10T14:44:38.272-03:302011-03-10T14:44:38.272-03:30I think when an artist moves away from realism it&...I think when an artist moves away from realism it's common to second guess one's self. Knowing when a piece is done is often tricky. IMO when moving between realism(I'm defining realism here as technical skill alone)and something more free and instinctual you can wind up with a foot in both worlds and creative conflict ensues. For what it's worth, that's been my experience. Speaking for myself, I often doubt my own instincts and have ruined quite a few pieces because of it. I have a piece right now that is sitting in limbo because I feel it needs something more. I'm just not sure what and I'm afraid to ruin it by adding the wrong thing.:( In a nutshell, I can sympathize.Billie Crainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336330932102277633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20414780.post-45541347861663858932011-03-10T09:56:12.315-03:302011-03-10T09:56:12.315-03:30Beautiful little fishes :) I liked your term &quo...Beautiful little fishes :) I liked your term "the never never shelf" as I have so many like that - not on a shelf but in a portfolio or box, knowing they won't be anything. Your drawing of the gannet is so strong! In your face composition that works great. I'm liking your painting of it, too, soaring over the water.RH Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497161758269292809noreply@blogger.com