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Nancy’s Fiddle: Adding some excitement

I started this painting in January, did one more session to correct some mistakes, and then abandoned it for a few months. I let it lie partly because I was busy, and partly because it lacked a certain something. Life’s too short to work on a painting that bores you, unless you’re being well paid.

Phase 1: First layer on the foreground, acrylic base showing through the background.
Unfinished oil painting of the neck and scroll of a violin in yellows and browns. Background is purple. Player's hand is in yellows and purples.
Phase 2: background base in, corrections to the foreground.

Happily, once a painting isn’t exciting anymore you’ve got a lot of freedom to do strange things to it. It’s not working for you as-is, so there’s no harm in experimentation. With that in mind and the goal of a less realistic, more fanciful painting — an expression of feeling rather than reality — I went to town.

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I’m pleased to report that I’m very excited about this painting again. Also, dancing around your studio to the Hamilton soundtrack is a great way to keep limber during long painting sessions. It certainly beats sitting in a heap of used rags wailing that no one will ever recognize your genius hands down.

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