You just start somewhere and keep going….
Do you need some more ways to get your paint brush moving?
Ok here you go. Find an interesting photo with a lot of subjects in it and good gray scale ranges. Then make yourself a view finder, by either cutting a square or rectangle in the middle of a paper, or find an old slide that you don’t care for the photo in it and take it out. I like to paint my view finder light gray so it does not distract from the image.
Now move your view finder over the photo and find a section that looks interesting, and work up a sketch or painting of it. Next; take that painting or sketch and do four more, correcting or changing characteristics. At some point the idea will continue to grow and you will have some unique works of art.
1. The reference photo from a magazine...
2. The section I picked...
3. First try...
4. A little color...
5. Another try...
6. Starting to get a life of its own....
7. Where it ended up
