Day 41: Internal Dialogues

Day 41: Internal Dialogues

Now not everyday is for creating masterpieces, some days are just for working and figuring out how to make the best of what we’ve got.What I mean to say is that often times I go out painting, find a place that I really like, set out to paint it and for some reason the painting isn’t just what I pictured: I miss the mark. Sometimes you just get a dud.Orto Insolito, Quadraro6×8″Oil on Panel© Kelly Medford, 2012Now today’s painting is my no means horrible, it’s just not how I envisioned it. Greens are tough, but it was something more. This painting just lacked the cohesion that it needed to come together and while I struggled to pull it together, I just didn’t know how in the end.Nothing wrong with that, I still learned a lot about painting today. The only problem is I’m committed to painting each day and sharing it with you and then I’m torn when I don’t get a great painting, one that I really do want to share.The aim of the 120 Day Project began as a way to commit to painting every single day, but now it has evolved for me personally and become something more.Now that painting everyday has become a habit the project has become more about wanting to only share my best paintings. Maybe that’s superficial in some way. Many days I haven’t shared my paintings with you because I just couldn’t bring myself to post the “duds”.This isn’t the first time I’ve had this internal debate, I wrote a blog post about it last year.What to do? All I can think is to just keep painting and to make the decision on a case by case basis of whether or not it’s worthy of sharing.I’d be interested in hearing what you think. Do you want to see it all- duds and successful paintings alike? Or do you prefer just the best of the best?