Kickstarting my oil painting practice was vital to me! My easel stood dormant for nearly a year and a half while I reclaimed my studio after my home was filled with stuff from my closed business.
Commitment and Accountability
Commitment was now the key to restart my oil painting practice. Social media was the perfect accountability partner (until I got kicked off FB and IG in 2022 because a hacker posted bad stuff. Click the link to learn more). I posted a painting every day for a month. Weekdays only! (Weekends were for me!)
kickstarting my oil painting-just get started!
I hated wasting materials, So, out came a box full of mdf boards from my former business. Acrylic gesso, three coats. Sanded. Ready. Nice.
For my reference photos, I dragged our old Mac out to the studio. I had to. My colour laser printer was still hidden in all the stuff from the business. I made a jig to hold my iPhone to shoot videos and I was off.
I didn’t want to overthink it or I’d risk not starting at all. Family events and Queens Birthday weekend in New Zealand loomed, which meant more delays. I had to make it work because I had get back to my easel!
The series began with ‘Journey Through the Danseys Pass’. We travelled through the captivating Danseys Pass just as we were going into our March 2020 Level 4 New Zealand lockdown. I wanted to catch the mood of the beautiful passage through eastern Central Otago into South Canterbury near Waimate.
“Journey Through Danseys Pass, St. Bathans I” is the title of the Day I work. Be sure to watch the time-lapse video below.
"To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage." -
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Day 1 Result
