Picking up the brushes again
A few days ago, I picked up the brushes again after a 20 month hiatus. (Damn it grad school!)
As much as I enjoy interface design and countless hours immersed clicking, nothing matches the sheer joy of taking raw color and bending it to your will. The vibrancy, the stench, the moment you step away from your canvas. Ah, that’s gorgeous, or, shit, how did I miss that? Either way, every stroke brings you closer to a masterpiece, truly crafted by your finger tips.
It is such a shame that oil painting is both a money and, more importantly, time heavy investment. Even my speediest paintings have take. A total of 4 hours.. Planning, mixing, painting, and touching up.
With all the things I want to do in life, I end up giving up painting regularly to accomplish it all. And even then, I still don’t have enough time. When I get back into it, I can’t help but to feel I’m neglecting the greatest love of my life to tend my mistresses (albeit mistresses which also bring me a wonderful sense of creative fulfillment).
With that, I’ll stop here so I may return to painting. 6 hours in and I’m barely there. I justify this time spent as a vacation and as a means to an end (This project is special ;).
If one day there became an effective means of integrating oil painting into UCD, I’d be the happiest person alive. Until then, I cherish the hours I have and hope the people who look at my work do too.
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Post hacked up on iPad. Plz forgive any awkward phrasing and spelling errors.
