Tuesday

Have you ever had something really give you a hard time, and you were so determined to "beat it", but the harder you tried, the more you failed? Well, I am at the point where I am going to have to say,"You won" to one of my paintings (whatever that really means) Does a painting really fight against an artist? I have worked for many hours on this portrait, and the more I paint on it, the worse it becomes. I have tried allowing it to dry, so the paint won't mix and make mud (that's what happens when you paint with oils and you don't allow your layers to dry).I have tried changing my palette colors, even using the colors and paints suggested by several famous portrait artist;but nothing is helping! I hate to give up on anything, so I will say that I am going to lay this one to the side, (like in my deepest,darkest closet) and start on something new. Maybe 6 months in storage will give me a different perspective on it!
Happy Painting!