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Published: 2017-06-20 13:02:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 2060; Favourites: 207; Downloads: 0
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This was actually my third attempt at this painting. First was back in '08 and in digital, then again a few years later as watercolor - neither were finished. It just wasn't ready to I guess.Original painting is 18x36inches, acrylic on canvas. Instagram and Facebook have some work in progress shots.
fallenlights.net/watercolor/so… <-prints available here
facebook.com/laurapelick <-facebook page
instagram.com/3rdgymnopedie <-instagram
fallen-lights.tumblr.com <-tumblr
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I am always fascinated with the way our creative process works, how sometimes it's the quick drawings which come out bursting with life. I often find trying to re-do a piece falls flat, as I think I fuss too much trying to reproduce (re-animate?) the vitality of the first instance. However, there are also times when, after a couple of seasons, or years, or maybe even days of life living through us, leaving all it's scrapes, scars and bruises, that we come at a piece with a new intelligence, a polished technical skill, and a clarity of vision that brings life to a piece that didn't exist before.
Beautifully seen. Beautifully done!
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Mine was definitely way too much information in the earlier attempts. Kind of finally clued in on what some of my teachers were saying back in college (1998-2002), about cutting back on what I was doing. Didn't get them then at all until the last few years.
And yeah... Might be why I like watercolor so much? I can't fuss with it after a certain point or it definitely starts to crash and burn.
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Oh my, yes... Such a difficult lesson to learn, but so key to simplifying the message. I know how easy it is to get caught up in the details, when a simple line will do...
Maybe that's something that comes with age.... one would hope.
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This is beautiful,
Lovely picture with amazing colors,
I like this one.
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Just popped on for the first time in quite a few years. Glad to see you're still creating work 
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Of course!
The insanity of depression I spiral down into if I do not make things (even if it's a doodle) is real, and I stop feeling like myself.
I'm gonna be one of those 80 year olds croaking in the middle of a painting.
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I need a big print of this, but probably not today. We've been spending money like drunken sailors.
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You bought a ship, wenches, or beer?
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And painted the house and bought new windows. The other three sound pretty good, too.
I first read it with 'wenches' as second person plural.
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Wow, This looks amazing! 
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Thanks
yes and no. Time wise with this version, it was quick. Creationwise from beginning of the first idea? almost 10 years? yea... lot of time lol
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This painting took a month, working an hour or two a night (got a toddler)
The idea showed up in '08 but the few attempts at it, it never turned out quite right, so I kept trying again after a few years.
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