New Painting In Progress, One Year

Erik Dec 29, 2008 — 63 comments

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Here is the newest painting, in progress. I’ve recently come into a bit more spare time, so I’m doing something I’ve never really done before. The other day I started 3 new paintings, one right after the other. Add those to the other two that have been in progress for a while now, and I’m currently working on 5 paintings, which is a monumental achievement, a definite record of immediate worldwide importance. I’m on hold with Guinness right now, I’ll let you know what they say.

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Usually I like to have two or three paintings going at any time, for a variety of reasons. The most important and obvious of these being that I tend to get bored, frustrated, or generally disenchanted with painting and existence if I focus on a single project for a long period of time. It helps to have something else to switch to when I get agitated. Secondly, I use oil paint, which takes a long time to dry. I generally work with thin layers of paint, applied over and over again, which can be a little tedious, but it helps me get a “glow” in the colors that I can’t really figure out how to get with heavy paint. In order to do this effectively, the previous layer of paint needs to be dried to a certain degree, so that the next layer can be glazed over it, and so the brush won’t wipe it off the canvas like a broom. Or a towel. As the layers progress, the painting gets refined, moving from broad strokes of color for the general layout of the composition toward more refined detail work near the end. The thought processes are different for each stage of progression, so switching from a painting in the early stages to one near completion requires a totally different mindset. Switching it up keeps me conscious during the whole process. Now there are 5 paintings fighting desperately for my attention and my approval, we’ll see how it turns out.

Also, as of this month, www.erikebelingart.com has been alive and running for one year. Thanks to everyone who looked around, and who sent the site to their friends. If you know anyone else who might be interested in my work, be sure to force the site on them until they submit and look at every single page.

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