So I'm trying something a bit scary to me. Not sure if any of you have ever had the feeling when you're creating something or working on a project that you just want to trash the whole thing and start over. I assure you that feeling comes to me quite often when I'm painting. I start out full of hope, thinking this will go the way I want it to, but I inevitably reach the point of "I hate this, I want to start over!" Normally I just push through, telling myself "It's acrylic, I can paint over any mistakes. I haven't added the details yet. Just keep working." Normally this works, and I'm glad that I didn't try to start over. Acrylic is a forgiving medium and you can paint over very well with it. However in the case of my jelly fish, I painted a glaze of turquoise over it, thinking that would push it back and make it look more integrated in the ocean. However, it just made a mess of things. I worked at it a lot, trying to make it better, but reached that fateful point.
This time I decided to go for it. I sanded down the painting *cringe*, applied 3 more layers of gesso, and started again! More to come as it goes.
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