Avoid Overworking Your Picture With These Quick Tips
When I first began painting I use to overwork my pictures, I was never satisfied with the results.I was constantly tried to correct them.The end product either ended up in the bin or I learned to live with the finished work - neither outcome was easy to accept but what choice did I have?I overcame this problem by learning to stop before I reached the point where I new, if I continued, there was the danger of overworking. This might seem impossible if you are falling into this trap but in fact it is quite easy if you follow the rules.First of all you have to learn to accept that if you try to correct an error, the picture would spoil. Therefore you leave well alone and continue with the rest of the painting. You will be amazed that by following this simple guideline your finished picture will not turn out as bad as you think. Particularly if you view the finished work the next day.Secondly learn that if you have made a serious error, no amount of redrawing or erasing is going to work. In fact more than likely going to ruin your picture. So what if when you view your picture you are still unhappy with the result?Well, you will know where you went wrong and you would already know that if you had attempted to put it right it would more than likely be in a worse state. But one important lesson you would have learned is that you now know that your previous bad habit of overworking is cured and I would bet odds that your next picture would be more successful.I talk from experience when I say that this is how I got over the overworking problem and more than that I can see these potential faults long before they occur in my paintings. As I have said many times if I can do it, so can you.- Colin
Quick Tip: Erasing Difficult Areas
If you do have a difficult area that you need to erase or if you have "crushed" the paper. Watch this quick tip from Colin below.