Amazing how many paintings just never get off the ground. I have discovered that the best thing to do is simply scrape off as much of the paint as possible and move on. That is what happened to this one! It was painted en plein air and that in itself was a challenge. It is quite depressing when that happens but I think it is better to cut your losses than to keep struggling with a painting that is going nowhere.
Amazing how many paintings just never get off the ground. I have discovered that the best thing to do is simply scrape off as much of the paint as possible and move on. That is what happened to this one! It was painted en plein air and that in itself was a challenge. It is quite depressing when that happens but I think it is better to cut your losses than to keep struggling with a painting that is going nowhere.
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We have to be incredibly kind and patient with our artist-self.
Love Dianne x x
Di, I don't think it is so much of a judgmental thing, sometimes a painting just doesn't do anything for me. When it has stood in my studio for a while and it still does nothing for me then I feel that I must move on.