CREATIVITY IN ALLOWING YOURSELF TO MAKE MISTAKES.....

Sometimes the most beautiful paintings are created from the biggest mistakes. Now the question is, "Will you allow yourself to do mistakes"? It is indeed frustrating and at some point you may loose your enthusiasm. But with perseverance and patience, you will succeed one day.

Since this blog does not have the intention to sell or market art, I can enjoy the freedom to express the art process, truthfully.

 When the idea of doing a sequel painting struck me,  I bought three identical stretched canvas very enthusiastically. As an artist, I planed ahead. I wanted to do an art piece which is unique and original. Since it was an experiment with gesso, I decided  to do one at a time. Working with gesso was quite interesting. The result was also encouraging. Although the subject and colour scheme were all planned, while painting I ended up in an entirely different colour combination. 

  

With a fairly satisfying result of my first piece, I started  applying gesso on the next two canvases simultaneously, keeping the continuity of the subject in mind. But my inexperience in working with gesso added with the  difference in  consistency, which happened while mixing water, resulted in a bit disappointment. Being an optimist, I thought  I can easily correct the differences while painting. But the challenges in front of me was more than I thought.  Because of the gesso, the grooves got hardened fast and I couldn't do much alteration to get the continuity of lines. 

Getting a harmonious gradation of colours was another challenge. The more I worked on it , the more I got stressed and frustrated.    

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                                    At last I  decided to hang it on the wall. 

But I must say, learning from mistakes is indeed a good experience. Because  I believe ,  nobody can teach you the lessons, unless you allow yourself to learn from mistakes....