I'd Rather Be Painting
by Kathleen on 2/15/2009 12:11:11 PM
The view from my desk- my easel keeps calling me back!
Web sites, blogs, Twitter, and now Facebook: it seems like every day there’s something new that’s come along to keep me from painting. I’m not naïve enough to think that I can have a viable career as an artist without a “web presence,” to use the lingo of the day, but how much is too much? How much time should an artist devote to the internet? As you can tell by the dates on my blogs, I haven’t been the best at writing on a regular basis. I’ve thought of a dozen subjects to write about that might be of interest to people who visit my site, but the challenge is finding the time and motivation to sit down and write.
The social aspects of Facebook can be fun, and I’ve enjoyed reading other artists’ blogs. I’ll continue to occasionally blog, and I’ve cautiously joined Facebook But as I’m typing this, I keep looking over at my easel: the 30x24 of Clooney Lake that I started a couple weeks ago needs tweaking- I could use some more temperature shifts in the granite in the foreground, and that line of the rock at the base of the composition is too sharply angled. So do I get on Facebook and add a Friend? Do I write on someone’s Wall? Do I post a video? Add a link? In the end, does that make me a better painter or further my career? The jury's still out on that, but for now, I'm going to go finish that painting.
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