Todays Life Book lesson was more about painting in the now and with that Alena Hennessy challenged us to do three paintings - the first over a period of 15 minutes, the second over ten minutes, and the third just five minutes. These were to be done with just what was on hand in front of us.
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The painting to the left has lots of layers and was fun to create but I had difficulty in just letting go and painting freely. There was a lot of mark making but I found myself wanting to make it look like something.
Mostly this was paint applied with my fingers, with paint markers in black and white to add accents. I also used a little bit of bubble wrap to add texture.
This was the fifteen minute painting and it surprised me just how long fifteen minutes was when you were clock-watching.
I also struggled with letting go for the other two time limits. The lion was playing with the circle/rectangle animals from a previous lesson - this was the ten minute painting; and then the flowers below which was a five minute painting.
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While some students added 'extra' items after the time frame was up I stuck rigidly to the allocated times.
I'm not altogether happy with the outcome but in hindsight I was coming down with a nasty infection and am sure this influenced how I approached this lesson.
I think the other thing is that I have had an issue in the past about rushing my art and have been working on slowing down the process over the past few years. This lesson felt like I was taking a huge step backwards and it didn't connect with me at all.
Oh well, onwards and upwards - I love Alena's work but putting myself under time limits doesn't sit well with me I guess.
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