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Virginia Branch · 04-29-2002, 09:50 AM

Thank you Lon! I am not going to spend tons of time on the clothing but need to work on the girl's arm in the blue dress and work on the green dress a little more. I find that I get bored with a painting after a certain point and really don't want to work on it anymore. The excitement is gone for me if I spend too much time on something. However, as this is a painting someone is paying for, I will persevere and hopefully, not ruin the painting.

I was reading an article at the library yesterday written by Steve Childs in the June issue of American Artist's magazine (I think that was it). Anyway, in so many words, he stated that he was always pleased with a painting when he stopped early enough but never pleased with the painting when he over-worked it. I guess it is getting good enough to know WHEN to stop!

Thanks again for your nice comment.

04-29-2002, 09:50 AM	#7
Virginia Branch Associate Member Joined: Dec 2001 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 92	Thank you Lon! I am not going to spend tons of time on the clothing but need to work on the girl's arm in the blue dress and work on the green dress a little more. I find that I get bored with a painting after a certain point and really don't want to work on it anymore. The excitement is gone for me if I spend too much time on something. However, as this is a painting someone is paying for, I will persevere and hopefully, not ruin the painting. I was reading an article at the library yesterday written by Steve Childs in the June issue of American Artist's magazine (I think that was it). Anyway, in so many words, he stated that he was always pleased with a painting when he stopped early enough but never pleased with the painting when he over-worked it. I guess it is getting good enough to know WHEN to stop! Thanks again for your nice comment.