Comments on: The Power of Positive Self-Criticism in Art https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Sat, 07 Apr 2018 22:31:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-17083 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:46:40 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-17083 In reply to Amy Arkinson.

Amy, thank you! How wonderful to hear! I wrote this blog post because if we do not see beauty in the beginning, how could it macigally appear in the end. Creating art is so much about tiny nuances we often omit. I also think that the attitude of seeing beautyful spots affects not only our art but the way we see life.

]]> By: Amy Arkinson https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-17080 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 03:21:19 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-17080 I read this today, and used your wisdom when I went back to work on a journal page I had painted a few weeks ago. It was supposed to be loose, abstract flowers, but it ended up being watercolor blobs. Another artist suggested I revisit it with ink and colored pencils, and so after reading this post I looked at what I had. I found spots and areas of beautiful interplay between colors and between paint and paper (some lovely edges) so I played those up, added color, did pen work, and then accented everything with white ink. Now I love it! Thank you for the wisdom of this post. I’m going to share it at my watercolor class this week.

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-17054 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:04:26 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-17054 In reply to Mary W.

Mary, thank you for the great comment! Leave those tiny details, let every layer speak. Great goal! Happy new year!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-17053 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:02:45 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-17053 In reply to Anu-Riikka Lampinen.

Kiitos, Anu-Riikka – Thank you!!

]]> By: Mary W https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-17051 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:18:15 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-17051 I’m back again to view this and have a little relaxation break. It makes me so happy to look and you do something I want to be able to do but somehow never do it. You said let the eye discover each tiny detail. When I paint a tiny detail I like – I paint them all over. I just can’t stop enjoying the process but it limits the viewer and even me from enjoying those individual tiny details – too much of a good thing. One thing I wish to accomplish next year is the ability to make “a tiny detail” and leave it for discovery. Then repeat with a completely different detail. So hard yet so wonderful. It will be a good exercise to practice. Happy New Year.

]]> By: Anu-Riikka Lampinen https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-17038 Sun, 28 Dec 2014 11:15:35 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-17038 Ihana postaus kertakaikkisesti.. Katselin sen eilen autopesussa. Enkä voinut mitään –en ole aikaisemmin mieleistäni onnistunut saamaan, olen liian hätäinen ja lyhyt pinnainen. Nyt pyrin noudattamaan kertomiasi vaiheita. Ja hei mäkin osaan… Kiitos siis, laitan postaukseen linkin sivullesi. Olet aarre <3

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-16974 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:51:52 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-16974 In reply to Paula.

Thanks, Paula!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-16973 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:51:18 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-16973 In reply to Marguerite.

Thank you, Marguerite!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-16972 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:51:04 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-16972 In reply to Bonnie.

Thank you, Bonnie!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-16971 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:50:51 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-16971 In reply to Sandi Keene.

Thanks, Sandi!!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-16970 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:50:23 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-16970 In reply to Nea Wiseman.

Thank you so much, Nea!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/positive-self-criticism/#comment-16969 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:50:07 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3874#comment-16969 In reply to Mimi Hanna.

Thanks, Mimi! Keep on stopping between the layers and searching for the things you want to enhance!

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