The current painting began TWO YEARS ago! Hard to believe. It began with this drawing, a drawing that I never finished.
Well, I’m pursuing that thought now even without that drawing!
beginnings
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
The more things change, the more they stay the same — a good saying for artists who are practicing in the way that Degas advised them to do: “you must redo the same thing ten times, a hundred times.”
I made this little koi pastel above so that I could be often practicing the colors and positions of the koi fishes. It measures about 12 1/2 x 11 inches. It’s practice for a painting measuring 40 x 60 inches.
These are guppies for the big pond.
I have redrawn this motif again and again. Sometimes it transforms.
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