Little by little

It's funny that Robert Genn's latest newsletter
talks about the importance of taking a break from
what you're painting. You can get so close to a work, and so frustrated with a flaw in a certain area, that your brain freezes.

I think I'm blessed by the need to escape. When I'm working on commissions, I need frequent breaks to rethink, not think, and get back to my original vision. Sometimes I need to revise that vision every five minutes, but on occasion I'm lucky enough to know what I want to do, and do exactly that. Bliss.

On the other hand (I am part Libra -- we do weigh and balance) I love the happy accidents that happen in painting, when I brush on the wrong colour and in wiping it off, see that the small remaining traces make the paint beneath what should have been a mistake, sing.

Here's the second picture of the Elizabeth
painting. At this stage I'm pulling in background, starting the beautiful gauzy dress,
thinking about colour relationships.

Have a bright day.