The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work...Emile Zola

Thursday, February 4, 2010

salt and pepper shakers 5"x7"


I am happy with my painting for the day. It is a relief to have a day that doesn't feel as though you battled through the work. I moved the table I use for setting up still lifes to another wall and I think that helped with the way the light from the window fell on the still life. I really wasn't in the mood to paint today after struggling for hours yesterday and just not getting it right. I had to make myself. It is like those days you don't feel like going to the gym but you make yourself go anyway and you are so happy you did. There are daily painters out there who have been doing this for years and have produced hundreds of paintings. I can't imagine that. I hope I can make it that long. I would like to see a comparison of their earlier work to present time and see how they have changed.

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