Progress of a Painting

DAY THREE

by Evelyn McCorristin Peters

February 10, 2011

 

Hello all!
I've recently began a new painting and I thought it would be nice to share it's progress. It's a second painting of the plane trees I photographed in Albi France. This painting is much larger that the last ones I completed. They were a diptych each measuring 24X24.

The new painting measures 4X4' I'm going to try a new background and a more polished line. I kind of got what I was looking for as I moved up the painting, so there will be a lot of reworking on most of it so far. I've also made a commitment to myself to take my time, which is very challenging for me!

Yesterday's efforts:

I'll keep you up on the progress. Please feel free to offer suggestions as I go a long, I value everyone's feedback!

3 Things I Accomplished Today...New Product...Plans...New Painting...

I've been following Tara Gentile's blog "Scoutie Girl." I'm not sure how I stumbled upon it but I am very glad I did! First of all she's from the Philadelphia area, so it's a little taste of home. I miss home and my family so it's nice to be reminded of places and stuff that is there.

I was attracted to her blog when I read her philosophy about buying handmade goods. She has a lot of great ideas about this and you should really go to her blog and take a look.

She is also a marketing guru and has many things to offer those looking to hone their skills. Visit here and see what services and products she has to offer for the creative business.  

Right now I'm on her mailing list for a short session about achieving your goals. Which I realize is a great marketing tool, because now I want to look into what else she has to offer which has a fee! Today she asks the question "what is the one thing you're going to accomplish today?" It's pretty cool because she actually wants you to REPLY and tell her what that is. So it kind of gives some accountability. 

So here's what I accomplished:
*Created my special Halloween line of Art to Wear...more about that on September 1st!
*Created a calendar to plan my holiday products.
*Realized I was just about finished the painting below, which is the first in a series of intimate moments while traveling, a series I'm hoping to stick with. I have a hard time committing to things!

So not a bad day all and all...oh yeah and I did this blog post!

What did you accomplish today...I would really love to know! Go write about it and link to this post! 

http://evelynmccorristinpeters.blogspot.com/2010/08/ive-been-following-tara-gentiles-blog.html

Then come and reply so we can be inspired by your creativity!






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