It was (mostly) a labor of hate...but I F.I.N.A.L.L.Y finished the painting for my mom for christmas. I don't know what it was, but the past few weeks have been horrible. I haven't wanted to pick up a pen, paintbrush, pencil...nothing. I have slowly worked on the painting my mom wants over the past few weeks, and with each added layer (oh, the layers! I feel like I wasted 17 zillion things of EXPENSIVE paint) I hated it more. Maybe earth tones are not my color palette? Maybe I don't like making things FOR people? It feels like "work" in the sense that this is a product other people will see. When I am just playing around, its fun. How do you get over that? I loveeeee doing this stuff, but if I get this huge creative block every time I have to make something for someone, I might as well stop! There really isn't even any pressure. My mom said she would like earth tone colors, and gave me a quote. Thats it. I don't know. Any tips, advice, would be so lovely.
Here is the final product (obviously, she doesn't read this blog)
The amount of color changes and layers this has is ridiculous.
Gorgeous painting... love all that color and yummy texture! She's going to adore it!!!
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xo,
Carmen