Today is not Wednesday...

but I suppose Art Wednesday can happen at any time really. I had a picture I wanted to use yesterday, so I saved an art update for Thursday!

I started to paint the canvas yesterday.

While the teacher was walking around he commented that I tend to cover the whole page before going into the nitty gritty details. Not that there's any right or wrong answer to art, but I do think it is easier to see the big picture when you focus on the whole. What if you paint a square inch to perfection, but then it needs to be adjusted later due to the parts surrounding it being off?

And also, I have no idea what colors I want to use for the objects in my painting until I actually do it! It's just whatever feels right at the time. My color preferences are not preplanned, rather I make it up as I go along. I want to emphasize the objects I want to stand out and blend similar colors together for details that don't matter as much. In order to do so, I need at least slap color on the canvas to begin the mix and match process.

Anyways, I'd love to hear how other people go about making their artwork. Does it take planning? Do you just do what feels right?