Yesterday, I bought thirty-six mini-canvases from the good, nice, and helpful people at Alabama Art Supply. I even got two, free powdered doughnut holes from the ladies working at the store. Mmm, doughnut holes. Thanks!
Meanwhile, I have thirty-six 2.75″ x 2.75″ canvases. Now I have to be all creative and stuff, I guess. I think the plan is to go as quickly as I possibly can in painting them. No thinking, all painting. Squeeze a bunch of colors out onto a palette and just go, go, go.
The trick has to be to remember that art has to be about play. Just do whatever comes to mind and mess around with it. Each one of these was less than three dollars, so even if I fubar it, it’s no huge loss. But this process also might spark genius – or whatever – in a way which something more deliberate might not. It’s much harder to be spontaneous with a larger and more expensive canvas. Working small ought to allow me to brush off my mistakes and just mess around. I’ll check back in during the process and after I’m finished.