Someone asked a few days ago about painting over another painting. So I want to take the question one step farther with this one?
Most serious artists have painted over their own work or others at one time or another. I personally like to drop by my local Goodwill or Salvation Army thrift shop every now and then and see what I can find there. Last Sunday I bought two nice quality canvases (a 48"x48" and a “30"x40") that I intend to paint over. Why? Because these costs me $17.50. New, they would have cost me $150.00. I don’t feel guilty about painting over either because the smaller one is crap and the larger one looks like one of those Wal-Mart mass produced wall furnishings.
But what is your personal criterion for painting over someone else’s work? Would you paint over only crap? Or perhaps even something marginally well-done?
Would you paint over one of your own older works because you wanted to paint and didn't have any other canvas?
2006-08-25
14:31:55
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Doc Watson
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