Why do I find it necessary to paint so quickly?

Why do I find it necessary to paint so quickly?

Why do I find it necessary to paint so quickly?

Quite a few POL members have expressed astonishment at how quickly I complete a painting, I refer particularly to 'London Skyline from Shooters Hill', oil on canvas, 24 x 30''. Total time 70 minutes. Basically, I don't find it much more time consuming than painting a small canvas, I just scale everything up accordingly, brush sizes, amount of paint on the palette etc. I do it for the adrenaline rush that is inevitable working to a deadline. Also, it stops me fiddling around with detail and the end result is a more spontaneous look to the finished piece. It probably all stems back to my career as editorial artist for the Daily Mail Group, working between ten and twelve hours a day, constantly having to hit deadlines, one of the reasons I retired early at 55. So, I can now take as much time as I like over a painting - trouble is, I'm happy working this way and I can't change.
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Don't change a thing Alan, it's all obviously working well for you, keep at it.

Hi Alan, I've just read your message about Thea. Thanks for that. I am only just finding my way around this site actually. Like you, I multitasked all of my working life (and ended up in cardiac ICU at 46 as a result!), but unlike you, however, I now do everything at a snails pace and enjoy not having to rush ever again! Arnold Lowrey says that the best paintings are done quickly, with that adrenalin rush kicking in. It is the bad paintings that take up all of the time, because of the hours spent trying to 'fix' them!!!!!!!! So I think you have got it right!

I like to work quickly Alan they always seem fresher and more spontaneous. In fact if I think too much and "nit Pick I never like the results a s much. I think the success of your own paintings is because of the fluidity and spontenaity of them