Sketchbook-ing and perfectionism
For many years now, ever since I started my art journey, I’ve kept sketchbooks. Those sketchbooks were my mini canvasses when I just didn’t feel up to painting something large scale.
Noureen, portrait, acrylic on canvas board, 12” x 12”
A few days ago I took an old 12” by 12” canvas board on which I had done a painting from a tutorial years ago and I applied a layer of gesso to it in preparation for a new painting
"Soul of the Soul", Acrylic on stretched canvas, 12" x 8"
This next piece, "Soul of the Soul", acrylic on stretched canvas, 12" x 8", is based on the viral image and video of the Palestinian man holding the body of a little girl in his arms and calling her the "soul of his soul".
Magnolia Studies - Garden Blooms Collection- Acrylic on stretched canvas 10” x 12”
My next paintings is a set of 2 small magnolia studies painted with acrylic paint on stretched canvas that I stretched myself, both 10" x 12". The first painting is called "Magnolia Study I", loosely based on a royalty free image.
“Into the Blue” - Quadriptych Seascape - Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
I love recycling old paintings, which is exactly what I did with my latest collection. It is a quadriptych painting (a 4-piece painting) of a seascape. Originally it was a heavily textured floral abstract panting that I was given as a gift years ago.
My Favorite Online Art Resources...
When I started painting a few years ago, I became hooked on YouTube as it quickly became the greatest and most accessible (not to mention free) resource for learning art. I started off with mainly YouTube tutorials and through a few YouTube artists I was following at the time,