Today's class was so disheartening, I'm beginning to think I should just forget about this painting biz. But Robert Genn's twice-weekly newsletter had some advice to cheer me up.... according to the latest edition, quantity beats quality in the long run. So I'll just pat myself on the back for producing another crappy painting in class today... this one's especially poor, so maybe I get extra points!!! At least I painted all day, and have one more to chalk up to a learning experience. Crickey, it can be frustrating. So Genn's newsletters are always welcome, and this one especially so. If you'd like some good insights about painting delivered to your inbox regularly, you can subscribe by following this link
The Painter's Keys, which is also in the list of fave's on the right.
In support of his premise--that more paintings get you further than trying to produce a few really good ones--he quotes from
Art and Fear, siting an experiment in a ceramics class that proves the point:
" It seems that while the "quantity" group was busy turning out piles of
work--and learning from their mistakes--the "quality" group had sat
theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for
their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay."
Thanks, Robert, for the pep-talk. Perhaps I'll try another painting or two!
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