Yesterday I visited a local day care center and talked with the owner about some possible mural work.
I absolutely love this part of my art! Beginnings. The beginning of a project. Ideas being born. The activity which occupies my brain when a new spark begins to develop. Brainstorming. It's that new landscape which I can begin to plow. I think it has to be my favorite part of my art-making, when there is a seed of an idea, especially when it is someone else's idea. When a client is excited about that seed, and entrusts me with the development of that seed, it is one of the most thrilling and challenging parts of my job. And I love that! I can work my creative thinking to start something; then often the client will add their bent to it, and the idea will evolve and become something more,...
Please don't get me wrong. I'm no Einstein. Lord, no! I don't care much for numbers! (I am competent enough in dealing with numbers when it comes to paying the bills, etc,.. that is a job I have and can do b/c of necessity. But that doesn't mean that I love numbers!) Not when there are other things in this wonderful world of ours to pay attention to, like trees and sunsets and sunrises and clouds, and flowers and cicadas, and dragonflies [thanks to you, Frank!] and mountainsides and.... oh, sorry. Nature makes me get carried away!
There's something else about "beginnings."
When I make a painting on canvas, or on paper, it is the same way. My favorite part of the painting process is the beginning. I often-times thrash that brush about freely, flipping my wrist to and fro, depending on the size of it, sometimes letting my entire body move with it, - I almost always stand when I paint - having fun with the looseness that is an integral part of that "beginning." Later, when the likeness of the object is paramount, then I need to pay more attention to other details and the freedom of that "beginning" is often no longer available to me. Perhaps it is that fleeting time span of "the beginning" that intrigues me so much. All I know is, it is magical. There is a voice in my head that says: "It's just the beginning. You can't mess it up. If you do, you can easily fix it. No harm done!"
Do you have a "beginning" story to share? I would love to discuss this further, with more creative minds.... [please know that this does NOT mean you must be a visual artist to share!]
What is YOUR favorite part of your creative process?
Image: (c) 2011 Jeanne Guerin-Daley
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| "Layla" 12x9" Acrylic by Jeanne Guerin-Daley |
I absolutely love this part of my art! Beginnings. The beginning of a project. Ideas being born. The activity which occupies my brain when a new spark begins to develop. Brainstorming. It's that new landscape which I can begin to plow. I think it has to be my favorite part of my art-making, when there is a seed of an idea, especially when it is someone else's idea. When a client is excited about that seed, and entrusts me with the development of that seed, it is one of the most thrilling and challenging parts of my job. And I love that! I can work my creative thinking to start something; then often the client will add their bent to it, and the idea will evolve and become something more,...
Please don't get me wrong. I'm no Einstein. Lord, no! I don't care much for numbers! (I am competent enough in dealing with numbers when it comes to paying the bills, etc,.. that is a job I have and can do b/c of necessity. But that doesn't mean that I love numbers!) Not when there are other things in this wonderful world of ours to pay attention to, like trees and sunsets and sunrises and clouds, and flowers and cicadas, and dragonflies [thanks to you, Frank!] and mountainsides and.... oh, sorry. Nature makes me get carried away!
There's something else about "beginnings."
When I make a painting on canvas, or on paper, it is the same way. My favorite part of the painting process is the beginning. I often-times thrash that brush about freely, flipping my wrist to and fro, depending on the size of it, sometimes letting my entire body move with it, - I almost always stand when I paint - having fun with the looseness that is an integral part of that "beginning." Later, when the likeness of the object is paramount, then I need to pay more attention to other details and the freedom of that "beginning" is often no longer available to me. Perhaps it is that fleeting time span of "the beginning" that intrigues me so much. All I know is, it is magical. There is a voice in my head that says: "It's just the beginning. You can't mess it up. If you do, you can easily fix it. No harm done!"
Do you have a "beginning" story to share? I would love to discuss this further, with more creative minds.... [please know that this does NOT mean you must be a visual artist to share!]
What is YOUR favorite part of your creative process?
Image: (c) 2011 Jeanne Guerin-Daley
