It is easy, after painting for many years, to forget that many things you know and do automatically can be of the most help to someone else just learning to paint. So I will try to add a segment once a week or so, just to help those getting started.
This photo is of a painting in process of badlands. It is not a real place but a composite of places that comes out of my memory's vision.
I began the piece as I do many, not knowing what it would be. I used acrylic paint in watery layers and dribbled, splashed, stroked the paint on, let it dry and then began adding layers of glazing (small amount of pigment in paint medium), drying between each layer. At some point in this process, I stood back and saw this piece wanted to be badlands.
Now here's a big point in making art: DON'T FIGHT THE MUSE!! If the painting wants to be badlands, let it help you make it so. The would-be rock shapes covered the whole piece, so I added in some sky to delineate top from bottom, and of course the rock shapes did that too. You want the larger formations in the front to keep a sense of distance/perspective (drawing 101).
In the next Coffee Club edition, I will continue with this same piece and discuss more about perspective, color, distance, and how to follow your muse.
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