Decorating Princess

I don’t know how many times I’ve looked at abstract art, & thought what is it? Then I glance at the title & it’s always something like “Post-Traumatic Act with Boiled Energy”. I usually think, “Wow that art sure thinks highly of itself considering it’s just a black dot on a canvas”. I always wonder, where do they come up with this stuff? Today I found an abstract art title generator, which is the coolest thing ever. Here are a few gems that are just waiting to be a painting:

1. Charming Faust
2. Peacock Declining the Canvas
3. The Disgust of Life

At least now I know how they name their paintings. Still have no clue what they mean or what they are, but “Charming Faust” is too good of a title to go to waste.

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When I first started painting, I was shocked to learn that colors weren’t what I thought they would be. I was sure that I would be using a lot of red, green, & black. Instead, it seemed like everything called for yellow ochre, which is almost a mustard color. I still don’t know what ochre means, nor do I like the name, or even the color. However, when I try to avoid it, the painting falls apart.

I use it to mix with greens, to make browns, to dull down a red. I used it in every painting, & I’ve rarely had to use black paint. What colors do you use a lot of that surprise you?

I always thought that I couldn’t paint people.  If I did try to paint people, I definitely couldn’t paint them in watercolors.  No one could paint them in watercolors.  I found a tutorial & ended up painting this person.  I was surprised at how it turned out, not that it was actually good, but because I could actually make out the shape of a person. Granted, she ended up little heavier than I had intended.  So, it is possible, as long as the painting is kept quite loose.  Maybe, I’ll have to try again & see what the girl would look like after weight watchers.

This is one of my favorite paintings & it’s one of my first watercolors.  It doesn’t have a name, poor thing. I think I like it because of the simplicity of techniques.  As I painted more, I worried about all the little details, but here the paint really speaks.  Talking paint, scary huh?

I wish it had some great story behind it, like I was channeling the grief I felt when my dog was sick.  However, I don’t remember when I painted, or even why. In fact, I’ve ever tried to recreate it on several occasions & it just doesn’t turn out the same.  The lesson is here, sometimes it just works.  Even though it’s a rare & fleeting thing at least when I paint, it makes all of the times when the paintings turn out "icky" worth it.