…is a question that I sometimes ask because there’s a million things I could, and want to paint next, and it’s hard to decide. In fact, the choice is so overwhelming that the question is always about making a choice rather than coming up with a new and innovative idea.
Interestingly, it’s not much of a problem if I get an answer that I don’t like because the painting process is the fun part and it’s just a matter of making the subject fit the process.
It’s lovely to paint things that mean something to you as these make memories - painting things like gifts, flowers that people give you, vases that belonged to your grand parents, portraits of people that you know, pets, fruit off of your dad’s tree, the cup of tea you forgot to drink, a lovely pear with the leaf still attached that you’ll eat after, a corner of the lounge room, the view from the bedroom window, your own hand, a poem that you wrote (painted conceptually that is), the letterbox or something out of the garden, a bunch of lavender in a hand thrown ceramic pot you got for your 21st from an old friend.
What would happen if I asked “How should I paint my next painting?”
hmmmm….
I guess the “how” bit is about skill and mastery of materials, to use them in different ways to create the required effect, or to use materials that I don’t use alot, like oil pastels and watercolours, or paint something super smooth with no visible brush marks…that seems to me that it could be a bit more difficult to fulfil.
Paint things that people give you
I got a bunch of proteas from the lovely Mareka and so I painted one.
Paint things to create memories of them
Pat got this little succulent for her 16th birthday from her friend.