We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn’t. Success often lies just the other side of failure. (Leo Buscaglia)
After four failed attempts at trying to paint a landscape that I dearly wanted to succeed with, I guess that it will have to wait for a better day. For the past two weeks, I have only painted twice a week, and oh boy! Did I feel it today! It felt as though I had never painted in my life… I could not “see” the colours of my paints, did not know with which colour to being with, I was all mixed up. Usually my brush knows where to go, and today it was dangling in mid-air…. oh well… The past two weeks have been inundated with school duties, corrections, prepping, and thinking about the students’ successes. As they are announcing frost in Rigaud tonight, I thought that I would paint our scrumptuous tomatoes.
Après quatre tentatives infructueuses à essayer de peindre un paysage que je voulais réussir, je suppose qu’il faudra attendre de meilleurs jours. Pour les deux dernières semaines, je n’ai peint que deux fois par semaine, et sapristi! Ça paraissait vraiment aujourd’hui! C’était comme si je n’avais jamais peint de ma vie … Je ne pouvais pas «voir» les couleurs de mes peintures, je ne savais pas quelle couleur choisir, j’étais toute mêlée. Habituellement mon pinceau sait où aller, et aujourd’hui, il se baladait dans les airs …. hum … Les deux dernières semaines ont été inondées de travail à l’école, corrections, préparation, et beaucoup de réflexion pour la réussite des élèves. Comme ils annoncent du gel à Rigaud ce soir, j’ai peint nos savoureuses tomates.
Paper: Stillman & Birn Beta Series
Ink: Noodlers’ Lexington Grey
Colours: Aureolin, Winsor Red, Cobalt Blue
Location: Rigaud, Québec, Canada.
Painting to see : Peindre pour voir 