Once the veil lifts and you see that you are allowed to reach into the nothing and pull something sacred out of it, a woman, a company, a family, a book, a song that outlives you, you can never go back to being a consumer. you have tasted the blood of creation and the blood remembers you. from then on every day without making is a little death, and you will feel it in your chest like withdrawal, because the same hand that God used to separate light from darkness is living in yours, and it refuses to stay closed
Gouache portrait. So as I was painting this I couldn’t help but notice my brain telling I need to spend way more time on a single piece. I feel like I can keep pushing for better form, interesting colors and edges. #artistjourney#practicemakesprogress#portraitart#howtopaint