Quarantine and Creativity
Who knew staying home could encourage such a better use of time? Errands are reduced to necessary doctor and dental appointments. The post office, bank, and supermarket are accessible on line. And so, art and writing can take over and be in the forefront.
Ordering from Instacart, the Freshmarket has such lucious fruits and vegetables, they beg to be painted.
Revisiting and rereading how favorite artists think is a good way to learn about their process. For example, reading Charles Sovek and browsing his wonderful lessons on line,
there's lots to learn.
Looking at paintings by Sovek and Fairfield Porter, and at the daily painters on line, is encouraging a fresh color - note approach. I'm paying more attention to how things appear on canvas at the start of a painting, and how they turn out.
Deconstructing things plain and simple, painting just a bit beyond the color note, can be a refreshing way to enjoy the end as well as the beginning. The initial enthusiasm of what inspired the painting remains.
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