The Confused Painter
This is what happens when you let a wannabe artist watch YouTube videos on different painting techniques. I have always had a secret desire to start drawing and painting again. I thought I lost my talent from not using it for so long. (a few decades or so). Fortunately I had a girlfriend to show me I had not lost my talent. I was shocked at what she was able to bring out of me with just one lesson. I took to it like a duck takes to water. I felt so alive and inspired. The painting above is my latest and seventh. It's a combination of three painting styles I saw on You Tube The ballerina in the painting is symbolic of how I feel inside when I am alone and at peace. It's also a representation of how I feel when I am creating beautiful paintings. This style of painting challenges me to alter my perceptions of the world. If you notice the cedar tree in the lower left corner, you can see it needs help. I'm confused about how to paint a cedar tree in black and whit