Some of The Agony an Artist Goes Through to a Completed Painting

R. D. Burton: graphite sketch for future drawing and painting
R. D. Burton: graphite sketch for future drawing and painting

The hands are all I am trying to get right here.  I did not do them quite right, and it makes me Cra-a-a-a-azy! However, I  will get it right or else. I have to make “Old Father Time” lean his head to the right (from viewers sight) rather than to the left as the exhibit to the left because his left foot is lifted onto the clock. This will shift him opposite of what I originally drew him (see below). These are some of the technical things that an artist goes through.

The hands! The hands! What an artist must go through to complete a painting or a drawing! These hands will not work. They are not quite what I am trying to do here. If I don’t get them right, they will ruin the entire composition. Yes! It is back to the drawing board. I will get them right, or they will not work in the drawing.

A-a-a-h-h-h-h!  It’s making me crazy! Okay, I will keep working until they are right. As so many of you know, if you have no passion, you will not have art.

R. D. Burton: Practice drawing for future painting
R. D. Burton: Practice drawing for future painting
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