I've started acrylic abstract painting!
It's been about half a year since I last posted.
I've been so caught up in introspection that I completely neglected this place (note)...
...but, but...
I've finally started, acrylic abstract painting!
(Actually, the image above is also a recent work)
I finally found a good teacher (a woman) who can teach me in person via bi-weekly online (Zoom) sessions ...and I've been taking lessons since last month.
It's extremely interesting! ...The start is going well so far.
Why didn't I start sooner? Why does it take so much courage and time for people to really commit to starting something new...
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Well, actually, about a year ago, right after I heard a 'voice from heaven' saying 'Paint now,' I started reading a certain painter's newsletter (it was paid, for what it's worth), and regarding 'how to paint,' as well as 'online self-promotion methods (that fit current trends and are specialized for painters)' and 'web marketing to build a foundation for living while painting what you love'...I kept doing that.
情報はそれなりにインプット⋯...I kept doing it.
But somehow...
理論ばっかでなく、まずは《抽象画》が描けないことには⋯...that dilemma...
...However, the painting style of that painter (a man) was unfortunately different from the direction I'm aiming for (← acting like a pro before even starting...)...(though he did use acrylic paints).
Moreover, with just newsletters and videos it was
現代版「通信教育」状態⋯。not enough for someone like me, let alone for 'someone who is already working on improving their skills,' to 'awaken the "love" sensation from childhood that I had put a lid on at some point, and get off my "lazy butt" to take action'until
「最後の一押し」が足らず⋯。(I was fine until I thought 'I'll do it.')
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⋯そもそも私のやりたいのは何故か「アクリル《抽象画》」⋯。(This is also a 'voice from heaven,' so it can't be helped... bitter laugh)
I've always thought about 'getting help directly' from someone I can think, 'I want to be able to paint "abstract art" like this person.'
「とにかく《抽象画》とやらを描き始める環境」がまずは必要⋯...I've always thought that.
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そもそも《抽象画》の先生ってなかなかみつからず⋯。(While feeling restless, after my mother passed away, I decluttered one room on the second floor of my parents' house, where my elderly father now lives alone, and turned it into my own studio.)
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...(More than half a year has passed...)
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... But... I found it with "tenacity"!!!
...and this was another big hit.
(↓Added 5/9/'24: You can see the teacher's biography.)
For now, to get used to handling art materials, I'm painting every day like it's a game, making full use of the techniques I was taught...(First, keeping the barrier low, I'm using "Daiso's small sketchbooks" at a pace of one per week)...I'm truly recreating that childhood state of "drawing with a clear mind" .
【 Action is easier than worrying 】
【 Where there is a will, there is a way 】
It's similar to the feeling of free improvisation on the piano, and ideas are springing up as if by magic...
I've reached this point by "following my intuition," and it seems I wasn't wrong.
I felt the moment when everything up to now "connects" here.
The teacher also...
(Since you're a musician)
your paintings have a sense of rhythm, and you're already used to "expressing" things
(Since you've already had the experience of mastering one art)
you learn quickly
...I received these words from them,
and I'm feeling quite flattered
...(It might just be beginner's luck, though...)
いいなと思ったら応援しよう！
ありがとうございました。チップで応援していただけた場合…う〜ん、そ〜ですね、、、個展のDM郵送代にさせていただこうかな…と思います。手元に葉書が届くのってやはり嬉しいですよね。（ちなみに「必ず手書きで一言添える」タイプです。）