Monday, December 17, 2007

What you intended

The book Art and Fear has a fascinating section that talks about what happens when you view one of your recently completed paintings. It says you recieve "uncomfortable feedback" concerning how you couldn't get the painting to turn out like you wanted.
I think you know you're getting better as an artist when your finished paintings look more and more like you intended, and you don't feel sort of like you have to explain to people, "Well, actually I was trying to go for..."

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