tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58429629331913114902011-04-21T18:48:55.500-07:00Annie OH!http://www.blogger.com/profile/00003664574864395443noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842962933191311490.post-62543929084483289302008-12-06T14:05:00.000-08:002008-12-06T14:21:38.215-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;">The newest addition to this blog, "Saying Goodbye," has been in the works for nearly a year now. I have a few touch ups to make, but I am glad to say I feel really good about the finished product! This was perhaps the most challenging piece I have created. I drew the photo outlines on the canvas using the grid method. I did so good I was afraid to paint it. After the first day of painting it looked really good so I was afraid to continue for fear of messing it up. The next painting time I did mess it up, but the next time I fixed it. This is the path this painting took many times with weeks or months in between paintings for drying time and out of fear of continuing. To determine that a work of art is complete I ask myself one question, "If I continue, will I make it better or destroy it?" If the answer is the later I consider the work completed to the best of my ability and feel very good about my achievement. I enjoyed this painting because I learned a lot about how oils work, how to layer thinned pigments, and a lot on mixing amounts of black and white. I recommend adding black to the white in miniscule amounts and working toward the darks in order to save a lot of paint from being wasted.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5842962933191311490-6254392908448328930?l=annkneeohart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annie OH!http://www.blogger.com/profile/00003664574864395443noreply@blogger.com