Little changes
Quail by Katie Garner
Sometimes when I am are working on a painting thing don’t go the way I planned. Maybe the idea doesn’t translate to the surface or the paint isn’t doing what I hoped.
I don’t think this is unusual, but it is challenging when it happens. And it can happen a lot!
Last week, during my Friday class at Spokane Art Supply with Janene Grende, we focused on painting animals. With my mother in mind, I choose a quail. She always did love those silly little hats!
It was a lot of fun and I’m happy with my final piece but getting there was a process. I toned my board with a red orange background then blocked in the tree and quail so I could focus on the bird during class time.
There were stages in the underpainting process where I loved the roughness of the pallet knife work. Then I messed that up and it changed everything going forward. That was totally impatience on my part. I didnt let the paint dry and there you have it.
Dont get me wrong, I dont think it was a bad thing in the long run but it was part of those ‘little changes’ that can affect the future of the piece. That impatience was just one of the many that I ran into with this one.
If you watch the slide show below you can see how each major step or choice ultimately led to the final result. It’s becoming more clear to me that being able to flex with mistakes and make them into assets is key to improving your art.
