This is an original 12" X 16" soft pastel painting painted on a sheet of pastelmat pastel paper.
Now this was really fun. I did not have anything special in mind when I started this piece. As usual, I started with the sky and went from there. Once I saw the sky, I just let my hand go on its own and see what would happen. It is not only fun, but oh, so satisfying when a piece seems to paint itself and adopt its own personality. This does not happen often with my art, but when it does, I just let it happen.
Once you do enough art, it will happen for you from time to time. The more experience you have with your art, the easier it will be to recognize it and then allow yourself to let go and allow it to paint itself. When this occurs, I call it your inner artist painting the piece. I do not know if I coined that phrase "inner artist" but I really do believe in it. When your inner artist takes over, I believe your soul is actually doing the painting. Your conscious is just along for the ride. This is why we create. Whether your a visual artist, musician, theater actor or video game designer, if you create, you have had your inner artist try and come out and play. Hopefully, you listened and allowed them to create. That, after all, is where true beauty resides.
Have a Blessed Day.
