im just learning, and playing.
i dont have many skills with figures and precision yet, mostly im playing with lines and color. Like the op, i am mostly doing landscapes and seascapes- and skyscapes. I could paint only water and sky forever, lol.
But now i am working on an abstract. I found a tall narrow canvas and really just liked the dimensions (1 foot wide, 3 feet high). I stood it upright on the easel, and immediately a line presented itself to me. It is bold, orange. and forked at root and tip. The next day as i was working the background, i kept thinking "ygdrasil." I knew this was a mythical tree, but wanted to google it. I was painting instead, and my 6 yo ds came up and said "is that Ygdrasil?" I said "where did you hear about ygdrasil?" He brought me the book. I read the story of the mythical tree joining heaven and earth, and indeed this painting is Ygdrasil, but it was amazing to me how it popped into both mine and ds' head. And my painting really decidedly DOES NOT resemble the drawing of the tree in the book. Anyway, I am happy with this piece and it looks great but now im into the detail and having trouble with falling leaves. I need to sit with the sketchbook and fill a page with leaves before i go back to that canvas, lol.
. I have tried painting objects but i suck at drawing lol.
