Brushes down, walk away?

Published on 30 May 2024 at 08:00

I have a debilitating habit of not being able to stop when working on a painting.  For example an abstract of 7 clowns. The bodies of the clowns were simple stripes in brilliant colors. The faces were plain white circles (a signature of mine). Each head was covered with hair in wild and unkempt clown styles in various colors of the rainbow.  When I finished the last head of hair, I sat back. I thought to myself, "This is pretty good. I'm pleased."

But wait, what if I just add red circles on the cheeks. After all, most clowns have rosy cheeks  So I added 2 red circles to the face of each clown. Brush down, I stood back and surveyed my work. Um, those red circles could be interpreted as their eyes.  Then I added a small  smile to each  face hoping to  make the red circles look like they were the cheeks. Step back. Now the circles definitely look like red eyes. I then added small curved lines as abstract "eyes" to put everything in perspective. I looked at the painting again.  It dawned on me, I know why  I use blank faces.  I have no business painting facial features. It's pretty bad when you fail to successfully paint a decent clown face.  Thankfully, it's nothing that white paint and a brush cannot fix.

 

Nothing to see here, move along.

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