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WHY PAINTING?

If a person is going to paint, they will paint. Whether they are good may be relative as well as irrelevant. —stephen

Walking to where?

20250619- Been painting at a much slower rate now. My motivation has been interrupted for some reason. If I need to come up with a reason it could be my lack of professional training. Meaning, I either need to take some art lessons at the nearby junior college, or make time to watch some more videos online, of which there are many.

Currently, some friends have asked me to do a commission and I accepted. I visited their home at their request and got some background details on why they wanted a painting. Seems a location in their house has special meaning, and they wished it captured for posterity in the later years to remind them of an era. It is a great idea.

—Stephen

PAINTING - Learning

Now that I’ve painted stuff, what’s next?

Since starting to paint again, I have tried to give each painting a number. Looks like I’m up to 109. That basically means I’ve done a lot of Bob Ross’ stuff, watched some videos on the internet about using textures, painting portraits, and understanding abstract painting, using acrylics, pouring paint, and illustrators doing watercolor. I’ve tried some of these that I liked and they turned out pretty good. However; all the while I’m trying to define myself like a lot of these artists have, and I still don’t know ‘who’ I am. Aren’t I supposed to know by now? I don’t know how it all works, but my instincts tell me I haven’t arrived since I still want to paint everything.

So, until I get to where I’m going, I’ll just keep going, keep learning from the internet videos in earnest.

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