Every now and then I do have to remind myself that im supposed to fail and not everything will turn out ok. I've avoided collaging for this reason. I used to have the same problem with watercolor but practicing daily has made me arrogent. I also need to remember that as much as I love watercolor i am no longer a watercolorist. Every illustration I've done is only 75% at most. They all have collage you just gotta look. This past weekend I tried forcing my abilities out with no real luck. Everything seems mediocre, rushed, even sloppy.
Its funny in a way. I always thought finding your style was the difficult part but in reality I was given a style that is too advanced in what im capable of. Here are a few pieces that hid from me. The spider was a twin piece to my wolf. The very first of their kind when I was a junior in school. The others all done within the year. My friend chris done yesterday.
I'll still be collaging away. I wont be happy about it but I guess it's all a learning experience one way or another.
Great stuff! No joke. I JUST did a sketch for a painting of a peacock. Same wavelength! Your peacock looks great. I like the close crop. I like the wolf spider too, the wolf spider and jumping spider have been on my list of things to paint as well. They are just too cute.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I miss collaging animals, I really need to get over my fear of cut paper and start getting back into it, haha We should both make a spider post one day. it would be interesting to see how we approach the concept with such different styles :)
Deleteyeah totally! I could post both of our interpretations on my blog. That would be fun :) Cut paper scares me too. I used to do a lot of collage and cut paper, but I felt like it was always up to chance whether or not it came out well which is a difficult risk to take when you need something to look good :P I do miss it though.
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