High School Dayz

This is just part of a painting I never really got to finish.
It's hard to see some of the detail in the brush work.
It was done in water color, when I was like 17. I've gotten a little better at
water color since then, so I might revisit this painting some time.

Hey Where Did You Go, Motivation?

The other day I opened another blank canvas I had purchased. It's 30" x 40". I had this idea I wanted to paint, so I sorta forced myself. I began to mix A LOT of paint, and threw it onto the canvas. As soon as I began to cover it I got bored and was over it. I didn't even finish covering the whole thing. I just put it away. Forcing myself to paint has never really produced my best work, so I don't know what I was thinking. I think it's because of lack of inspiration. At least partly.

Look Familiar? -------------------------------------------------->

I started a new painting. It's a little big. I don't know yet if I'm going to go with acrylic or oil paint. I haven't dusted off my oil paints in a while, but I'm scared of what it might do to my brushes. The canvas is 30" x 40". It cost me a few pennies so I really want to take my time with this one. I'll try to update as I go...we'll see.

Another Abstract Update

Me and Daniel worked some more on our paintings yesterday. I think he's getting closer to being finished with his, if he isn't already. Mine still has a few more hours to go I think.

Greed...Or Something Like That

When I was cleaning my room the other day I found this painting I started about five years ago. I wasn't really sure where I was trying to go with it, so I stopped working on it. I think the idea is still there, so I'm thinking of trying to finish it. I painted it on a piece of wood, so I'm going to glue a border around it and turn it into a wooden canvas. The idea needs more development, but I think it's still there.

And another one

I started this a while ago. Worked on it for a few hours. Had a bunch of ideas that I wanted to incorporate into it....but then I got frustrated. I didn't touch it for months.

The other day I found it again and covered the canvas with gesso. I need to be more patient.

Bye Bye

I painted this last year. There was no idea or plan set out ahead of time with this one. The face and the hands were done separately with color pencil on a piece of bristol paper. Then they were later glued onto the canvas. The canvas was about 30"x40", which I built.

Sometimes I really liked it, other times I couldn't really stand it. A few months ago, I got really lazy and didn't have time to build a new canvas. Buying one would have been too expensive, so I painted over this.

I regret painting over it now. Mostly I regret not finishing it. The whole thing came together in two days. I don't finish a lot of stuff. Mostly because I simple lose interest. But I miss this one.

bleh

I wish I wasn't so lazy sometimes. This summer has gone by pretty fast, and I have still not found enough motivation to finish anything new. I've started a hand full of paintings this year and never got around to finishing them. I'm not sure why. I guess I just lose motivation easily.