capturing the blues and browns - the hurdles of painting after a break

Winter Colors - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006

This is my first painting in quite some time - a few weeks anyway. It is fascinating how the urge to create works.

On the one hand, one feels a kind of craving than is difficult to describe - but then for lack of practice - it feels enormous just to get started.

Deciding what to paint or what size - all these things seem big. Being creative like most things is about striking a balance - being relaxed enough to not care about mistakes - but still be able to create with the importance a piece deserves.

To create this digital painting, I drew from things I have been seeing over the last few weeks.  Today, it is not the piece I thought it was yesterday - but it has captured the blues and browns of winter in the Salinas Valley.

See Also

• Mistakes Art Quotations - The Painter’s Keys Resource of Art Quotations
  Many quotes about mistakes - but much agreement
• Winter Colors
  Art print options for above digital painting