The process
My process actually starts before painting.
First of all, I need to get myself in the right mindset/ mood.
How do I do that?
There are several ways. I meditate. I've learned that If I quiet my mind from all the noise and mental chatter, creative inspiration and ideas come more easily. If I don't meditate, I listen to music, sing or play the piano. You might have noticed from my stories that most of the time I'm listening to music. I've read that listening to happy music promotes more divergent thinking which is a key element of creativity. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Once I'm in the flow, the rest of the world sort of fades away. My only thought is to get the ideas on the canvas. I get so immersed in my work that sometimes I forget to eat.
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I start by selecting colors for my color palette. When I work on series then I use a selection of the same colors in each piece so that the paintings would look unified. With my paper pieces, I feel like I have more freedom to experiment with new color combinations. Probably because if it were to happen that I ruin the painting, its easier to change it. I think the thought of ruining a huge canvas just scares me. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I use different brushes and a palette knife to make my abstract pieces. I make details with small brushes. The palette knife is for adding texture.
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I love to take time to just sit in front of the painting and try to contemplate the direction I want to go with. Sometimes the knowing comes quickly, sometimes it takes a little bit longer, which is totally fine. In this case, I put the painting away and come back to it a few days later. Each painting is unique and takes a different amount of time to finish. I keep working on it until I get the gut feeling that it’s finished. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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