Painting realistically is not hard for me. Pushing it to photo-realism is challenging but not impossible. (I used to think I could’ve been a forger.) But I find it tedious, and with cameras what they are today, why paint that way?
I want to make my art look like paint, show my brushstrokes and marks, and show my interpretation of the subject.
But breaking habits is not easy. This week’s painting of a sunflower proved that. When watching my eCourse DreamLovePaint video and Dreama said to “mass in the shapes of the petals”, boy I wanted to paint each and every petal!
This is going to take some practice.
Here is my sunflower painting from week 3. #DreamLovePaint
andreajeris 
Nice work!
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 3:37 PM, andreajeris wrote:
> Andrea Jeris posted: ” Painting realistically is not hard for me. Pushing > it to photo-realism is challenging but not impossible. (I used to think I > could’ve been a forger.) But I find it tedious, and with cameras what they > are today, why paint that way? I want to make my art” >
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Thank you.
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Andrea, Just a quick note to let you know how much I’m enjoying your blog and the paintings you’re posting with your new class. Diana
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Thanks Diana, glad you enjoy it.
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Each and every petal and every leaf of grass! I know the feeling. It’s impossible to stop.
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Ha ha! I know, really. But you can’t see them all at once, so why paint them all?
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Andrea, Love this! Looking forward to more!
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Thanks Rebecca
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Hi Andrea,
Really love your work and can totally relate to your feelings in this post. Completely unintentionally I often tend to head towards realism, get bogged down in the details, and have to pull myself back from that. I think this painting is very beautiful and love that each brushstroke is its own individual statement.
Laura
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Thank you Laura, I like that thought that each stroke is a statement.
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Reblogged this on Another Kind Of Grass.
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