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Perhaps an odd place for it, and perhaps a slightly odd thing to do. Normally, I bury mistakes.....
However, I sent an article for publication to Leisure Painter over a year ago now, which wasn't published because the illustrations wouldn't print well on the page. While normally I would write that off as being one of those things, I had actually hoped for some comment on it, and it's certainly doing no good sitting in the reject pile.
So, I've published it myself, on my blog https://wightpaint.blogspot.co.uk In Praise of Fiddling is the hopefully provocative title. I should be interested in any comment you may have to make on it.
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by RobertJones
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That's a fine article and I can see nothing to really critique in it. Only an artist knows when to stop, you could block in and find you like how it looks so don't go any further or you could add glazes and blend area's and refine them but only you know when it is done. I think a good question to ask is "am I stopping because I am afraid I might spoil it?" (that's not very brave is it, and fortune may favour the brave) but if you are stopping because objectives are achieved and you are happy with it that's all good. I think death is a perfectly valid excuse for stopping before completion though, and with the time it takes for an ambulance to turn up to your field maybe you can get the next layers down before you croak.
As for thickly layering on paint I cant really offer an experienced opinion, I simply haven't painted enough at this stage but some acrylics being completely opaque perhaps layers are not too necessary for some painters, perhaps they are necessary for others and for some subjects thick impasto is good news and for others its bad.
That's the thing about painting, there are no rules and one size most certainly doesn't fit all, still a good read Robert.
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by Daveyboyz
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Really interesting article Robert. I shall go back and read the others now. I'm a bit concerned that although I signed up for your reflections I didn't receive the email about this one, although I did for the previous article on oil painting without solvents. However I've now bookmarked the site so that I can visit it regularly to see what's there. I think it is a pity that Leisure Painter rejected it, even if the illustrations didn't print so well on the page it is still useful information. BTW I like the photo.
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I agree with your comments on watercolour, for retaining highlights and its transparency. I don't use acrylic or oil medium, but I'm sure
when it comes to 'fiddling' the same applies to all medium. When the artist thinks the work is finished it is a good idea to put it out of sight for a few days and have another look-
Is this the 'fiddle stage' do you think when all could be lost or maybe found? A good article.
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I'm sure that with your editorial skills it is an interesting article Robert. However, on my laptop the text (apart from a small section) is showing up as about 6pt and is quite impossible for me to read text of that size.
The photo's all look fine, so I don't know what the issue was with them being published.
I actually liked the one before the final stage, I know I'm strange like that!
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A good read Robert, as I'd expect. As a confirmed 'fiddler' it rang bells for me, I've no constructive views on when to stop, usually, in my case, it's when 'I've had enough of that.' Certain things are part of the drawing/painting process...and the stage where it's all going wrong the most frequent part. (I've got two at that stage right now.) It's always good to see work in progress, and I like the finished painting...not too much fiddling for me. It should have been published, it'll strike a chord with everybody who tries to make a picture in any genre.
Lew.
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I use a pc - I've no idea about tablets, Ipads and all they modern contrivances..... I'll try to edit it, but the issue was that I had copied the text from one application and pasted it into another (when I hadn't actually needed to). It made a bit of a dog's breakfast I fear - can you not zoom in, increase the font size?
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