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Seascapes on Wood, Travel with My Art #50, #51
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Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! Travel with My Art series continues. Today I'll share two paintings I made on discarded wood panels. I didn't prep them or anything, I just painted seascapes straight onto them. I wondered whether to include these two into my 'Travel with My Art' series because they do not show a particular location, rather they were inspired by island Hvar in general. After some thinking, I decided to make these two mini paintings a part of my series, so here I am writing about them. After all, island Hvar inspired to me to paint on discarded materials, so here we are with another sustainable seascape.
These wood panels were actually leftovers from a bridge construction. I was hiking in Buna (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and when I saw these wood panels, I was annoyed that somebody just left them there because it looked like litter. Well, technically it was litter. So, I commented how the workers were lazy to just leave discarded materials from wood construction around the Buna recreational area. I think it was my husband who said to me- why don't you just paint on them? I can prep them for you. However, I decided to go in without the prep. I actually like working with the texture of the wood. Although, in future I might use gesso just to save up on pain. Anyhow, let's get into details.
These two seascapes were painted with acrylic paints. The medium is therefore acrylics paints on wood. Both of these were painted quickly. They were not the only mini seascapes I made. I think I got six of these panels in general and I painted on four of them so far. So, you'll see more of them.
At the moment, I'm working on five or six paintings. Moreover, there are some paintings I finished but I'm not fully happy with. It can be a very labour intensive process. So, painting something more simple was great for me. I love how the natural texture of wood almost guided me while I was paining. I felt it added so much texture. I didn't find it hard to paint on wood at all.
There's a sense of warmness when working with wood. I love painting on canvases, papers and all those traditional painting surfaces. However, there is something very organic about painting on wood. If you think about it, wood carries that aura of organic life like no other surface. Not to mention that in this case painting on wood was also very sustainable in a personal way. I painted these mini seascapes on discarded wood I collected while hiking. You see what I mean, don't you?
If you liked this sustainable art idea, I have more eco-friendly art projects for you.
What I love about these mini seascapes is that they were quick. I just went in with the paint and pretty much painted them simultaneous. While one was drying, I worked on the other and vice versa. I actually recorded the process for you. If you want, you can see these little video shorts below (or just scroll down and see the photographs of the process).
I started posting little shorts on YouTube. I don't have any ambitions about being an active YouTuber, but filming little shorts of my art and surroundings is something I can manage. In these video shorts, you can see both the painting process and places that inspire me.
Don't expect any detailed painting tutorials from me in any foreseeable future. There already are millions of art tutorials on YouTube, many of them quite good, so I don't feel obliged to make them myself. At least not at this point, maybe at some point in the future.
Anyhow, I don't know is it obvious or not, but I really enjoyed painting and making these mini seascapes. I really needed it, too. All the work on numerous paintings has made me tired and at times also frustrated. I keep wondering am I overworking my landscape and seascape paintings? Am I overworking them or is adding more details the way to go? Am I losing my art skills or is just taking things in a new direction? What is going on? Creating art is filled with such moments of questioning, uncertainty and sometimes even a sense of anxiety. Depending on your skill and ambition level, the anxiety and stress can be very real.
Making these mini seascapes felt like putting all those questions to rest. It was taking a moment to just paint. Without thinking, without planning and without second guessing myself. Not that there is anything inherently wrong with second guessing ourselves. It is something also necessary. Questioning ourselves is often a necessary part of the learning. In the process of making art, there are many different stages you go through depending on many factors. It is all very normal and not a sign you're doing anything wrong.
Just like with anything, if you want to see the results, you need to put in the work. Just like with anything, if you want to get better your art skills, you need to learn to get used to being uncomfortable and falling short. That is how you move on. That is how you progress. That is how you acquire new art skills or better the ones you have.
As I mentioned on my blog many times, the process of making a painting is not always relaxing and enjoyable. If we are taking about a more ambitious work of art, it is certainly not relaxing. In fact, it is the exact opposite of the word relaxing. Making an ambitious work of art can feel taxing, draining and stressful. On the other hand, when you work on ambitious things, you progress more quickly. When you challenge yourself with your paintings, you become a better painter. If I didn't work on so many ambitious painting in the past, I wouldn't be able to quicky paint a mini seascape in ten minutes. You cannot have your cake and eat it.
That is why I don't like the generic advice you can find everywhere. You know what kind of advice. 'Just follow your heart', 'Don't stress about it', 'Just relax' and the similar kind of phrases that in certain situation can be harmful. Sometimes you don't need to relax, but get to work. Not just in art, but in every aspect of life. There is a lot of well meaning but misleading advice out there.
I'm often reluctant to give personal advice and I think I've always been this way. I rarely give personal advice, I prefer to listen to people. I'm often told I'm a good listener. Perhaps because I avoid unsolicited advice. Of course, in my professional life I often give advice. It is basically what I do. Being a teacher is all about giving feedback, guiding someone through the learning process and giving advice. However, as a language teacher with more than a decade of experience, I feel that I know what I'm taking about. So, giving professional advice is not only something I do often, it's something I should do.
With art, I don't have the same confidence. It is also why I'm relucent to teach painting, even if I'm asked to do it often. I'm not sure I have the best technique or method. I feel like I don't know enough theory. Moreover, there are thousands if not millions of art teachers with years of teaching experience. I'm sure they would make for better art teachers than me.
Nevertheless, it makes sense for me to share my art journey and thoughts. Not just as a reminder for myself, but because it can be helpful to others as well. Art is such a multifaced word. It means a lot of things to a lot of people. I think we should just accept that and keep it in mind when we talk about art. There is no wrong and right way to approach art in general. However, there is such a thing as a wrong and right way to do something in a certain situations. When it comes to specifics, generic art advice is not helpful at all.
For example there might be a specific art skill you need or want to improve, and then it makes sense to learn from the person who can teach it to you, and that would often be art teachers. Of course you can also learn from other artists. There are many free art books, tutorials and what not on the Internet. It makes sense to use all the existing art resources. However, sometimes people just want to work out things by themselves, and that can be alright as well. Sometimes facing the art tutorials and resources can feel overwhelming. It all depends on a situation. It all depends on the purpose of art making.
As I explained, these two seascapes were basically a break for me. I was taking a break from making art by making art. How is that possible? It is when you understand that art exists on many levels. Little fun art and creative projects do not require the same amount of physical, intellectual and emotional work an ambitious work of art requires.
So, sometimes you do not need to take a break from art as such, you need to take a break from the kind of art you're making. All artists have been there. You stare at a painting for hours, for days and sometimes for months and years. You start to dread that painting. You start to dread working on it. That is when it is time to take a break or just start over. Start over with the painting or take a break. Both options can be valid. Paint over it or just stop working on it and work on something else instead.
That is what I did with these two mini seascapes I painted on wood. Working on something easy really helped me enjoy the process of painting before. I remembered what it is what I like so much about the painting. I enjoyed the feeling of holding a brush in my hand again, of feeling the colour slide onto the surface. I had fun. Having fun and learning to be in the moment is not only important, it is essential for our wellbeing. We need those little moments of joy sometimes. We need to take the initiative to create them or rather to recognize the opportunity to create them. That is why these little art projects can really help us feel liberated and bring joy to our life.
Now, I'll do a mini tutorial. I'll explain a process in few words and make a photographic collage to demonstrate the process. You can also find the video shorts earlier in this post, if is easier for you to follow a video.
This is the kind of art project that can be done pretty easily. It is not very complex. Of course if you never held a brush in your hand, it won't be the easiest thing you have ever done, but you can still get a good result. We strive for progress, not perfection. An art projects you did today will always be better than an art project you did not do yesterday, if you know what I mean. Carpe diem.
Mini tutorial: How to paint a seascape on wood? 1. Apply the 3 base colours 2. Add in white for sea foam and a dark tone underneath the sea foam 3. Apply sea reflections across the sea 4. Work on any the details (you might want to add some texture to the sand and the sea)
How to paint an acrylic seascape on wood panel in four steps?
Art supplies you would need:
For this sustainable art projects you need some wood and acrylic paints. That is a must, the other supplies are more or less optional. Paints and woods are essential. A brush would also come in handy. :)
What kind of brush? Well, you can do with one. If you don't have any brushes at home, maybe you have some make up brushes. These can be used as well. You can also improvise a brush. I did that once or twice when I travelled without art supplies. Where there is a will, there is a way.
What kind of acrylic paints do you need? Any kind will do. You don't need anything specific.
As for optional art supplies that would be things like different kind of brushes, gesso (if you want to prep the wood), something to wipe or clean the brushes with, acrylic varnish to finish it of and a jar of water and so on.
The prepping phase is simple enough. Get your paints out and paint on the wood surface you have. You might also want to get something that will serve as a palette. You don't need a literal palette as you can apply the paints directly on wood, but you need to decide a palette of colours you will use. You can also copy the colours I used. As when it comes to mixing the paints, you can do it on the palette or on the wood itself. It is a matter of preference. If you want a better control of your shades, a palette will come in handy. Prepare the palette with the colours you want to use. You might also want to prepare a jar of water. You can also work without water if you're working with acrylic paints, so a jar of water is optional. As I said, some things are optional and might depend on what you have at hand. Let's get to the actual steps now.
1. Apply the three base colours first. You'll need a darker blue for the sea that's further away, the lighter blue or green for the sea that is closer in perspective and the grey or brown shade for the sand. You don't have to blend it all immediately but try to get those transitional shades if you can.
2. Apply white paint for the sea foam. Work with the wide to map out the waves on the beach. Add in some white for the shallows. Add a dark shade under the white sea foam to make it look more three dimensional. You can see how I do it in video shorts.
3. Next thing you need is to add in waves and you do this by applying different shades of blue. The colour of the sea is never a monotone blue. Add in waves by mixing different shades of blue. Use lighter ones than what you used previously. So, you used darker blue for the sea that was further away, right? Now, you use a lighter blue over that dark blue and use thin brush strikes to capture the movement of the sea. You need to get those sea reflections. The light from the sky always reflects on the sea creating these reflections. If you want you seascape to look real, you need to capture those reflections. You do this by using lighter shades on top of the darker ones.
I painted two seascapes here. For one I used light blue in the shallows and for the other green. It does not matter which one you decide to do. Always remember to work dark to light. You apply the darker shades first and then you do the light ones. Maybe the white sea foam seems like an exception from this rule as you apply white directly but remember you're again working from dark to light. You're applying the darker colour over a lighter one. Speaking of that, you don't have to apply pure white. It is better to mix white with some other colour (just a tiny bit of that other colour) and then save the pure white for highlights.
4. The final step is to work on the details. Fix your shadows, add transitional shades, add some texture and so on. Now is a good time to apply the white highlights. Remember that the sea is a living and moving thing. Don't worry too much about getting the exact shade or colour. Sea can have different shades, depending on the time of day. Think about your values instead. It is more about how the values and the shades work together. In other words, you need to have a good balance of dark and light colours. You can paint a great seascapes using just two or two colours, if you mix enough transitional shades.
As you can see below, I must have worked on the details quite a lot, because the final result captured the movement of the sea. However, it felt like I painted this in a second. It is possibly because I painted so many seascapes in my life, I feel like I could do it with my eyes closed at this point. It is also because making the sea come to life has its rules that can be followed. Of course, to get a really detailed looking seascapes, you need some practice, but to get a basic seascape, you don't need to have great skill.
To accompany this art sharing post, I picked some photographs to match. I love these photographs for a number of reasons.
First of all, I feel like my outfit matches these seascapes. I'm wearing a very flowy striped summer dress. All the details on this dress, such as stripes and ruffles make me think of sea.
Secondly, the location is very appropriate. This is the seaside location that inspired many of my seascapes. What you see behind me is Vitarnja, a part of Jelsa encompassing a beach and many apartments. You'll pass it on your way from Jelsa to Vrboska. At least two or three times a week, I hike from Jelsa to Vrboska with my coworker Ruža. The two of us often hike together. Sometimes we go for a shorter walk, but I like to walk all the way to Vrboska whenever I can. Hiking near the sea is always an amazing experience. I also hike here with my husband. He is the one who took these particular photographs.
Thirdly, I feel like this particular set of photographs really captures the emotion and the vibe of these two mini seascapes on wood. The colours match. The location matches. The outfit matches. The vibe matches. Painting these two seascapes was a mental break for me. So, it was this seaside walk I'm sharing. It was a break from work. A very welcome break. As much as I love my job, just like everyone else I need a break from it. Walking in nature is one of my favourite ways to relax after a long day in school. I'm always writing about how much I love being in the nature. My blog is certainly a testament to that. Modern life has many advantages, but there is no escaping our biology. The body craves the elements it evolved with: the open air, the greenery and the water....
Fourthly, walking is a sustainable activity. So is being a tourist in your own town or country. Walking is much more sustainable than driving around everywhere or being entertained by the screens. Tourist in your own country or another one, you'll best get to know some place on foot. I'm really a firm believer in that. Painting on discarded wood, walking in the woods.... There is a connection to be drawn there, isn't there? It's about appreciating what we have, finding joy in the every day activities, being grateful for what we've got. Leaving the car at home, and using what nature gave us. Our legs and our limbs. Everyday a hike, sometimes a shorter and sometimes a longer hike, but always that feeling of being close to nature breathing in the sea....
Finally, this particular set of photographs resonates with what I wanted to write about today and that is the complexity of the art process itself. What I wanted to convey is that there are many different kinds of art and many different kinds of making art. One is not necessary better than the other generally. When it comes to specifics, it's a whole different story. You need to do a specific thing to get a specific result. If you want to draw something, you need to move your hand in a specific way across the paper. The same goes for painting. You need to move your brush in a specific way. Sometimes you can improvise. Sometimes you can rely on your intuition. Sometimes you just need to do the learning, the drills. Sometimes you need to rely on the method, the disciple and the technique. It all depends on the context, what we're trying to do and so on. Fun little art projects and cite little paintings are vastly different than complex paintings you spent months, sometimes even years of your life working on. It is alright to choose one or the other. It is also alright to do both. Whatever you choose, you have to be ready for the pros and cons. Art is complex. Sometimes you'll be stressed doing it, sometimes relax. Sometimes different kind of arts will have different effects on you. It's all part of life, really.
A little gif capturing simple but powerful happiness that arises from being near the sea
Everything I wrote about the complexities of art can be applied to complexities of life in general. Generic advice is as useful as any kind of generic help- that is - often not helpful at all in certain situations. There isn't always a simple answer to a complex question. The more complex the question, the more complex the answer. Phrases like 'follow your heart' have been so watered down, they stop meaning anything. Yes, there are instances in our life that will require us to follow our heart or rely on our gut feelings, but they are not exactly what life is made of. What life is made of is a series of choices. Just do what you love, can easily be mistaken for, just do what you want. Simultaneously wonderful and terrible thing about big words such as 'love' and 'art' is that they can mean many things. As a human being, this is something for us to keep in mind.
Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. You cannot eat two distinct dishes at the same time. No matter the narrative the consumerist society is trying to sell us. The bottom line is that in life you have to make choices. Every day. You absolutely cannot have your cake and eat it.
Do you want to have a job that you feel makes a difference? Be ready for the sacrifices. A job that makes you feel like you're doing a difference is a wonderful thing. It also comes with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes the more you give yourself to a job on a personal level, the less is there left for the persons in your life. Some food for thought, right there.
This is not me saying that you should not chase what you love and what you want to do. This is just a little reminder to be realistic. There will be a price to pay, there always is for everything. Sometimes there will be benefit in doing a job that does not challenge you. It can mean that you're left with some energy when you actually finish your job. A job that does not use all of your capabilities also does not tire you out completely. It leaves you with time to devote to your hobbies.
Jelsa in the background, a windy day and a flowy summer outfit
So, if you look at it, not having your dream job can have its benefits as well. Not doing what you 'love' does not mean your life is a tragedy. Sometimes doing a boring or low effort job can be liberating. Sometimes doing a job you would never have chosen for yourself can teach you so much. Sometimes a random job you had to take will give you a lot of confidence. Sometimes a job you've sure you'd not be good at is the one you will do extremely well. Funny how life works out that way sometimes.
Life is a complex thing. We're constantly sold this narrative that if we find our dream calling, if we do what we love, we'll be happy all the time. I think that is utter nonsense. What does it even mean to be happy all the time? Imagine that you've worked hard and become a successful surgeon. You save lives. It must be rewarding to know that what you do truly makes such a profound difference. However, even the best surgeons will lose a patient now and then. I imagine they will not be happy about it. Every job has its trade off. With the privilege of leadership, comes the responsibility of leadership. Nobody has it easy. I don't why why people invest so much time and energy convincing themselves that everyone has it easy but themselves. How unrealistic is that? At the same time, people invest equal amounts of time convincing themselves that everything will work out if they just love what they do and believe in their dreams. As humans beings, we are sometimes very strange. At the same time we can believe that nothing is our fault and that everything is our fault.
Everything has its pros and cons. I, for example, love my job. I love teaching languages and I love studying it. I love teaching to bits. I find it very rewarding. Does that mean that I do not have bad days? Of course not. Sometimes I have bad weeks, not day. Sometimes problems arise at my work that take a lot of time to solve. Sometimes I'm just tired from it.
Wait, does not doing what you love magically solve everything? No, it doesn't, and do you know what? It shouldn't. Life is hard. Repeat that mantra to yourself when you feel like you're stuck. Life is hard because it is hard, not because there's something wrong with you. Of course, we should always try to better ourselves. However, just because there might be something wrong with us that we can and should fix, does not mean that the complexity of life is our personal option. Life is complex whether we like it or not. It is not an option we can option from. It is not a subscription we can cancel. Life is what it is.
If I love my job, does that mean that I should think about it all the time? Absolutely not. People often think that more of a good thing is better, but it is not so. More of the food you adore will make you sick, for example. If you eat more than you need on regular basis, you'll endanger your health and mental well being. It does not matter how much you love a certain dish, you have to always eat in moderation. We need to stop raising alters to the things we 'love' and start using our common sense a bit more often.
Everyone needs a break, even from the job you love. Sometimes you'll need a break from a hobby as well. Naturally, I guess this also depends on what you consider a hobby. Today a line between a hobby and an extra job is blurred. People always had hobbies. They did not always share them online. In many ways, the line between work and private life is blurred these days. Companies encourage 'teambuilding' activities on the weekends. We are also requested to be constantly on our phones. Work never seems to end. This obviously affects our lives and private relationships. In connection to creative and artistic pursuits, this raises more questions. Is creative work a solution for everything?
Is creative work always relaxing? Is more creative work always a good thing? If so, why are suicide rates among people who work at creative jobs high? Shouldn't doing something creative relax us? Of course that picking up a brush or making something in this crazy world can feel like ultimate relaxation but as I have pointed out, things are not always so simple.
While art therapy certainly has its benefits, it is not one cure fix all. Nothing is. We live in a society that is always looking for quick fixes and hacks. People will believe the most incredible and paradoxical thing rather than face the unpleasant fact: There is no alternative to actually using your head, making decisions and doing the hard work. Nothing will make your life magically better regardless of the choices you make. Not even art making, no matter how wonderful art making can be.
Can art and hobby therapy help someone who is truly drained? When does hobby stops being a hobby and when it becomes work? When art stops being a hobby and becomes a job? These seem like interesting questions to ask ourselves. The answers might also depends on what you consider art. As I have pointed out many times on this blog, words exist only within a context.
Art in particular is such a fascinating subjects because people will believe the most paradoxical things about it: that you need to be born with a talent to do it, but also that all you need is to follow your heart. Follow your heart (whatever that means) and you'll become a great artist. They will believe that art is easy and relaxing, but also that almost nobody will be able to do it. It must be so relaxing and easy to do art, but only a handful of people do it? Something does not add up.
People will believe they can art easily or they will never be able to do no matter how hard they work. They will even believe all these paradoxical things simultaneously. People will believe that it takes a lot of money to do art but also that it takes nothing at all. Some people will think that an artist should gift them art or charge very little, because presumably the artist himself was born with a gift. Making art is gift in itself, they will say. Interesting why these kind of people never make use of that gift themselves and make themselves happy with making art. With years, I understood why many artists have developed an aversion to the word 'talent' and prefer the term 'skilled'. The art community is often adding confusion as art conflicts exist between the community itself. Some art teachers insist on teaching a certain method, claiming that it is the only one, but I digress. Some say that art rules should not be broken, others say that the art rules should be learnt to be broken. There are also those who say that the art rules needn't be learn at all. Some say there are no art rules at all. The truth of course is usually not found on either side of these often polarizing art views.
A beginner in art must be confused. He will hear all kind of nonsense from all kinds of people. What I personally recommend is learning from someone who knows what they are talking about. If you can't afford to pay an art tutor, or there are no art courses in your vicinity, there is YouTube. There is a whole art community online that you can learn from.
Art skills need to earned. Nobody is born with them. Art supplies need not be expensive, especially at start of your art journey. What is going to be expensive is your time. It takes time to develop art skills, to develop that eye to hand coordination, to develop understanding of colours, shades and values. You need to work for your art skills. This often means learning the rules. Whether you'd want to break the rules or not, that is your personal choices that becomes relevant only once you've actually got some skills. Learning the rules is not a matter of choice, though. It is a matter of education. Self-education, formal education or a mix of the two- you cannot have art skills without art education. Before you've got art skills, talk is cheap. Work now for your art skills, think and talk about art later. Appetite comes with eating, confidence comes with working!
Besides painting Jelsa, I have blogged about it many times. If you want to see more of Jelsa, I made the effort of finding all the links for published posts on my blog. Not all of these are about Jelsa, but they all have a connection to Jelsa and were shot in Jelsa.
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