pacing

Trying to do longer paintings (ones that take more time) from time to time. Ones that you def have to spend a lot of time researching, etc. I'm also really interested in conveying form and materials. I think that if an idea is great, but the form and the materials are not there (particularly for environment), then something just doesn't feel right. I get frustrated because sometimes I want to convey the essence and the way light kisses an object and makes skin just glow (particularly tungsten). Tungsten light just has a way of filling objects with this whole other thing...like the object transcends itself. Or sometimes you just want to find that right colour that makes an image sing. It makes you just want to pull your hair out, but I guess it's just experience.

I'm really intrigued that (James) Gurney's process is so concept-driven; he spends the majority of his time researching, making maquettes of his scene, observing and even doing the actions and playing dress up to get expressions and texture as close to reality as possible. Just awesome. And Gurney has so much work, it's inspiring. If it one thing I can definitely do (if it's a requirement) is just work my butt off!