Put A Story In Your Painting!
Viewers love finding a story
Most stories have a painting in them!
Wait! Maybe it should be every painting should have a story in them.
I believe each viewer brings their own story to a painting.
What if all three statements above are true? It might be an excellent painting.
How can you manage to do that?
You have a unique thought each time you see or think about your next idea for a painting! Write down that thought. It can slip away quickly.
When you hear a story, don’t you create a scene in your head? I create a painting in mine. Since I have started writing, I now see a story of my own developing.
Triggers could be a color you love. It could be an object that means more to you than you realize. Even a particular word can evoke a scene and become a painting or a story. That idea draws you in for a reason.
How about singing or humming a song while you paint? Hold that brush in your hand while the music plays. Direct with that brush! Do a little dance back and forth to the canvas!
When I write, I usually listen to music… just like I do when I am painting. If it isn’t music, then it is the television for my hubby, and it…
