Painting my own work with learned techniques.
In the 90ties, a VHS video with painting videos was released for the first time in the Netherlands. A quarterly art magazine publisher bought them abroad. and you could order or pick them up there. Very expensive by the way. I paid 92 guilders for 1 video. Now it's normal but thirty years ago it really wasn't. I was on night shift that week and couldn't get there until Friday morning. because the publishing house was closed on the weekend! I Worked all week at night and Friday morning at 7 o'clock at home. The store didn't open until 9am. and it was 25 km away. I drove to Alkmaar at 8 o'clock and picked out a video. Ray Campbell Smith Watercolors.
I was home at 10 am. and began to watch the video.
His calming voice about watercolour made me even more sleepy than I was already and fell…
I love this Edo , excellent read and sounds very similar to my life … I think ALL of my disposable income goes to watercolor painting as it brings me absolute joy and happiness . Glad , im not the only one who works all day and finds peace in painting in their free time . Happy you could share - as to copying I agree with you as people are to reliant to be exact replicas of other artists and think its silly as to what is the point of creating then? Even after finding Oliver and yourself I never wanted to be an exact copy but to learn techniques and tips that you guys have found to work for you over the years - creating should be individual and my very favorite artists I follow are all unique and true to themselves ! It really shows when someone is an imitation of others - I hope someday my work will shown the same light as it’s a true love