Comments on: Make Your Art Big Enough to Hold Your Ideas and Dreams

By: Deborah

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:19:09 +0000

Just found this post through a link from today’s post. Working big was a huge revelation to me in college–it finally felt like I was a “real” artist. Your teacher sounds like an amazing person, as well as artist and teacher. Thanks for sharing!

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By: Pat Regan

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:41:27 +0000

I love working big and wanted to work even bigger than 40″ x 60 “. My studio is running out of storage for large pieces so I recently bought a roll of Yes canvas so I can work even larger and roll the work. Any suggestions on what I need to put between the finished work to roll and store. I am using acrylics. I thought maybe butcher paper instead of glassine.
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By: April Field

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:06:20 +0000

I am a student, and I’ve been following your blog in hopes that it’ll help me once I start my art biz. I’m a metalsmith, and recently I started making bigger works. One of which can only fit in my apt if I put it on top of my printer. I agree, I try to find room for my art and avoid throwing anything out at all costs. I worry about storing my art where I won’t destroy it.
I actually just put up a shelf and planning to put up more just for displaying my art. I figured, If I’m going to keep it in my apartment, might as well find a good way to show it off, rather than throwing it in the basement.

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By: liza myers

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:48:09 +0000

Painting small is more of a problem for me than painting big. I’ve always had a hard time keeping the drawing on a small paper… 18 x 24 is way too small. I LOVE to paint large canvases although I’m only referring to 4 x 5′ or 6′.. It takes a long time, but I become completely immersed in the image and the process.

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By: Discount Oil Paintings

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:58:35 +0000

You are right..letting yourself think bigger can be very fulfilling..

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By: Rebecca Collins

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:39:22 +0000

Love this post! Coming out of a successful holiday season that saw a lot of smaller commissions I am very hungry to work BIG, both in my commercial projects and personal works.

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By: Lorraine K

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:57:16 +0000

I am just beginning to work on my first (to me) big painting, 30 x 30 inches. It is so different working on this scale and I am loving it! I usually do small, detailed work in watercolour or oils, so this big sweeping oil is great fun. Now I am getting ideas for more!

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By: Philip Koch

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:28:16 +0000

One thing I think is extremely helpful is to keep doing large and small pieces at the same time. Each different scale seems to bring out a different side of one’s inner personality.
The small pieces actually can be more experimental and sometimes yield fabulous little accidental drips and smears more expressive than anything you can get when you are more deliberate and planning each step.
Yet with the large pieces, when you pull it off successfully (which is hard!) there can be a real grandeur to the achievement. Also let’s face it, larger paintings are always the first to get the viewers attention. Every painter needs some of that.

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