these are paintings i did tonight on these 8.5 square inch vinyl stickers ashley and i got from scrap a few weeks ago. i'm trying to really practice just letting myself play with materials, and created these by basically mixing various values from my 'use-this-paint-before-it-dries-out' drawer and smearing them on, letting them dry, and then drawing with a paint-pen over everything. i never have any idea what i am going to draw or paint before i start (well, i rarely ever have an idea). women and hands seem lately to be what i've been drawing, both difficult for me. i am enjoying the freedom i'm starting to feel towards drawing, and although paint-pens suck and are really hard to draw with, and there are plenty of places where i totally messed up and froze for a second, it's like i needed those problems to remind myself that i don't want to fucking care about some stupid sticker painting i did in an hour on a sunday night. it's entertainment for god's sake! i'm supposed to keep telling myself that. art school really messes with your concept of what "good," "bad," or rather, "fine" art is. i'm trying not to care.
and you know what? i like them.
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