Now, as you can tell from my last post, I am all for making a plan. But, if, in the midst of a project your muse calls you in another direction, go with it! This is art people! The creative mind is the powerful mind. But you have to have the guts to follow your intuition. Many of my best pieces have come out of abandoned plans. For example, my last summer in college. I was painting 40 hours a week, and working on a huge series of works centering on a limited palette, burlap "pods" "growths" and "births" coming out from the substrate. After what seemed like 40 of these, and not having any breakthrous, I opened up my palette to a few more colors, made stricter geometry, and got rid of the grotesque. And the paintings are AMAZING. Definitely my favorite work. The creation process cannot be strapped down into a plan, but plans help you have a place to start.
The photo above is me, on graduation day, standing in front of the most amazing in this series (Entitled "Through the Looking Glass.") This painting is 36x48 inches of wonderfulness. Be proud of your work! You earned it!
When was the last time your well laid plans went another way while creating a piece?
