You know the time you see something or read something and feel, I got to paint this. I need to freeze this moment. Yes, I know there are pictures for that and it helps freeze the moment too. But a painting, it makes the moment timeless and every time you gaze at it, you will relive that moment.
You know the time you see something or read something and feel, I got to paint this. I need to freeze this moment. Yes, I know there are pictures for that and it helps freeze the moment too. But a painting, it makes the moment timeless and every time you gaze at it, you will relive that moment.
Well, something like that happened with me. I was going through the Instagram stories on my contact list and one of them made me hold the screen a bit longer. It was a post by my school friend, whom I had totally lost human touch with yet we were connected virtually. It was an image of a bright lush green leafed tree upside down. It seemed like the picture was taken when one is laying or sitting under a tree. It was love at 1st sight. I immediately messaged her if I could paint it and the process was was pure delight for me.
Its from this that I started using different pastel shades of purple, pink, yellow and green for the tree bark giving it a life like look from a distance and interesting look when looked closely. Once the painting was done, I sent it to my friend with a letter around her birthday which made her very happy. And this brought me joy as well. It you feel it in the moment, no second thoughts, just do it and everything will flow.
