5.29.22

Homework. Just finished the free, 8-day “Find Your Joy Taster 2022” on-line course with Louise Fletcher. (Watch a YouTube video of her painting — she’s rather entertaining.) I’m about to sign up for her 10-week course because her approach makes sense to me. Paint joyfully and then look for the technical skills you need to improve your paintings ( as opposed to learn all the technical skills and then try to figure out what you want to paint.) Below are the results of the four assignments which I interpreted as: Free Painting, New Tools, Intentional Ugliness, and Working with Limitations. The purpose was to experiment and find both what you like and what you don’t, and then do more of what you like. And the more you do what you like the better you will become. It was a good week of work and nice to get a little outside perspective.