Some of the pieces that were completed on June 18, 2013. There were about 17 pieces that were done in this particular group and I've scanned six of them. I've also included some more photos of these pieces as they were being produced and those are just below. [Along with a fair amount of rambling that I've been kind enough to tuck nicely behind the good old Read More tag.]
And since I'm only scanning just a handful from this batch I'm including some group overview photos. For a while now I've documented the process by taking a photo or two of the finished pieces. A significant reason for doing this is that it's just a convenient way for me to document the pieces in the project and not be forced to scan each and every one. Photographic proof of the completed paintings. Occasionally I'd also take some photos or video of the work in progress just for the heck of it.
But more often than not I'm finding that I document not only the finished pieces in this way but I'll usually photograph the various stages of the entire painting process. I've enjoyed looking back at how the pieces evolve from start to finish and that's been one of the seriously tremendous things that has come from doing this project for so long. I get to review tons of real-life examples of my own work and develop from there. It's akin to a sports team reviewing the film of their past performances and looking for the ways that they were able to find success or reasons why they may have failed in some way. Adjust and develop and grow. [You know what I mean.]
The point is that it's honestly kind of remarkable to be able to see the times where I've done something that was unexpected or unplanned and then see the results work out perfectly. At the same time it's been equally useful to see real demonstrations of how and why I may have failed miserably in some way. [Typically by over-working something to death or by just trying too much in some way.] It's also nice to see how I've been able to turn things around in some way. Like, when the things just look like crap and just aren't working for whatever reason. [I made a promise to always include even the not-so-great pieces and don't allow myself to ever entirely scrap a batch. I have to finish them.] So, yeah, when I feel like they are a disaster and I don't know how I'll get back on track I have this photographic record to look back on and see how I managed to pull it off. Or not.
[I'm rambling for sure. Sorry.]
Anyway, over the last year or so I've recently started to share some of these process photos and I'm including some from this particular group.
But more often than not I'm finding that I document not only the finished pieces in this way but I'll usually photograph the various stages of the entire painting process. I've enjoyed looking back at how the pieces evolve from start to finish and that's been one of the seriously tremendous things that has come from doing this project for so long. I get to review tons of real-life examples of my own work and develop from there. It's akin to a sports team reviewing the film of their past performances and looking for the ways that they were able to find success or reasons why they may have failed in some way. Adjust and develop and grow. [You know what I mean.]
The point is that it's honestly kind of remarkable to be able to see the times where I've done something that was unexpected or unplanned and then see the results work out perfectly. At the same time it's been equally useful to see real demonstrations of how and why I may have failed miserably in some way. [Typically by over-working something to death or by just trying too much in some way.] It's also nice to see how I've been able to turn things around in some way. Like, when the things just look like crap and just aren't working for whatever reason. [I made a promise to always include even the not-so-great pieces and don't allow myself to ever entirely scrap a batch. I have to finish them.] So, yeah, when I feel like they are a disaster and I don't know how I'll get back on track I have this photographic record to look back on and see how I managed to pull it off. Or not.
[I'm rambling for sure. Sorry.]
Anyway, over the last year or so I've recently started to share some of these process photos and I'm including some from this particular group.
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