Comments on Linda Blondheim Art Journal: Studio Dog Fun, Playing with the rules,Progress on...

I'm with you Michelle. Great comment.Love,Linda

2008-07-03T15:55:00.000-04:00

I'm with you Michelle. Great comment.
Love,
Linda

This is the third attempt to comment - first the s...

2008-07-03T11:12:00.000-04:00

This is the third attempt to comment - first the server dumped my comment - then my power went out before I could submit it!! Seems to be the week.... LOL!

Forget painting by committee. Enjoy the process, understand good technique and be your own critic of it. Let your audience decide if they like the style! I have enjoyed myself much more since I decided to do that.

A quote I read recently said something to the effect: Self-confident people are more concerned with what they have than what everybody else has (or is doing!!)

Thanks Jean,Yes, Heny is very spontaneus!! ;>)Love...

2008-07-02T12:25:00.000-04:00

Thanks Jean,
Yes, Heny is very spontaneus!! ;>)

Love,
Linda

Great post Linda.Ah, yes, my mannequins are comple...

2008-07-02T10:32:00.000-04:00

Great post Linda.

Ah, yes, my mannequins are completely under my control!! BUT, we need to see Henry in all of his spontaneous splendor!

All good points Marian,I think we have to assume t...

2008-07-02T10:01:00.000-04:00

All good points Marian,

I think we have to assume that patrons and other artists are in two different places when it comes to being the viewer.

I also think there is a big difference in being privately mentored with helpful critiques and being rolled over the coals by a group critique by your peers.

Critiques can be very damaging to your self esteem as a painter, especially when it gets personal.

You always make excellent points.

Love,
Linda

Another interesting blog!How does a viewer know wh...

2008-07-02T09:50:00.000-04:00

Another interesting blog!
How does a viewer know whether an artist knew the rules and chose to break them or never knew them in the first place? How does the viewer know whether brushwork is "sloppy" or simply the style of a particular artist? I think it all boils down to this.... Does the viewer like or enjoy or get lost in the painting? If so... great. It really doesn't matter to the viewer whether the artist knew what he or she was doing or not.
Of course it DOES matter to the artist. If the artist has consistency and / or the confidence in his or her own profiency, then the artist will enjoy the process and feel good (or not) about the work created.
On the area of critiques... not all of us have mentors. I recently participated in a critique session which I thought was well done. (See my most recent blog... www.marianfortunati.com/blog ) I agree with the suggestions made on one of my paintings but not on the other, although the idea behind the suggestion on the cook painting was solid and made me realize that if the light source was confusing to the critiquer, I need to work some more on clarifying the various sources. ...
I'm NOT the most confident of artists, but I am developing a level of knowing what suggestions to accept and which to ignore.
Be well, Linda!