30 Paintings 30 Days Challenge: Abstracts and Large Paintings (something different) day 14
DPW Challenge: Paint Movement
It is interesting how to create the impression of movement with the
brush. A photo captures it either in implying an object in a position
of movement, like a runner or a galloping horse, or by a blurred image.
I get lots of blurred images when I shoot photos because I do lots of
low light shots and forget to reset my camera! It is similar with
painting except it really is about how to move the brush and paint
around. When painting realistic images it is easy to forget that you
(I) am not painting a real thing, rather an impression in two dimensions
of something. It is all abstract at its core. When painting an
abstract, and wanting a particular feeling to be portrayed, it is easy
to just focus on the color choices and the way the brush moves. The
intention of this one was to create movement. It reminds me of a seed
pod flying through the air, but could imply (as the book "Gone With the
Wind" does) that it is more about ideas of our lives and world that are
ethereal, here today gone tomorrow.