In a world that was once

Avignon

I’m trying to paint again. And if above sample is of any indication, I may have lost the skill.

It’s sort of a quick “sketch” of one of the images I have been picturing in my head recently. So I wasn’t actually going for realism here, but I was going for something painterly bordering on abstraction1 . And just want to convey some emotion to my brush strokes, but it feels lacking. But am happy enough to post it here, or I’m just posting it here just to show it.

The point of the matter I guess is while doing the above painting digitally, I realised how much I missed painting in oils — The tactility, the smell, the visuals. And I realised how much I want to go back painting, but my confidence is equally lost to the years without practice. And part of my brain tells me I can’t really go back the same way as I was before. If I do want to go back that way, it’ll be different — I should be different.

Years of focusing in web design was a complete detour from the road that would have been a painting career. I don’t regret it. But I somehow wished that veering off the path and going back to visit the other road didn’t mean pain.

I might do more paintings like this in the near future just to realise the images running through my head. So don’t expect really pretty pictures or realistic ones, especially when I’m out of practice.

I would like to apologise now for being… completely vague or not understandable. It’s nostalgia talking.

Avignon is a character from a collaboration with Ami.


  1. I may be spouting some bulls*** right now, but as a supposed artist, I guess I’m entitled to that. ↩
 

Commentaries

ami 25/02/08 - 8:55 pm [#]

HOLY CRAP SO GOOD *____*

You can’t stop here. That means you have to do four more (and ++) paintings, or else I will tie you up in a chair for 48 hours and demand you draw! And while you’re drawing, I’ll be seated right across you eating triple decker cheesecake.

Ahaha, sorry, Hoto-chan. It’s called rough! love smiley Kidding aside, it’s really good. Considering the theme of it all. smiley

More more!

 
Kyameel 26/02/08 - 5:11 am [#]

LOL Ami, It’s not that good. I still need to be better.

But I might do the kid next.

 
Ian 3/03/08 - 3:54 pm [#]

Bloghopped yo! VERY nice what you did to your site ^_^

You guys still need to teach me that miniature game you got ^_^

   
neko 13/03/08 - 2:24 pm [#]

whoa. nice. :3 (i like the ‘brush strokes’ feel x3)

i do not believe you have lost anything at all. in fact, i think that you just feel that way because it’s been a while since you’ve last painted something. :3 parang stiff joints yan eh, pagmatalag nang hindi nage-exercise… kaunting stretching lang, ayus na uli. ;3

btw, random, but a friend of mine linked this little article, and i thought that you’d find it entertaining. :3

   
Amanda 21/04/08 - 3:23 pm [#]

Dude, I love this! I’m not the artsy type but I can safely say that this does have emotions. And I love the way she’s almost fully submerged, and the borders sort of crowding her in.

(On another note… Do you sell your work? ^_^)

 
Kyameel 21/04/08 - 3:53 pm [#]

Thanks!

(Who’s asking? smiley)

 

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