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The progress is slow—as it should be. #shorts

10 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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A short first-person reflection by artist Bonnie Christine on a year-long project producing roughly 100 repeating patterns. She describes methodical experimentation with sketching tools (pencil vs. pen), paints, brushes, photography, layering techniques, and subject selection, and emphasizes allowing oneself permission to try and discard approaches.

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I took an entire year to create about 100 repeating patterns. So for me, I needed to test out what it felt like to sketch on paper with a pencil and sketch on paper with a pen and then paint. And what kind of paint was I wanting to use? What kind of brushes did I want to use? What kind of photography did I want to take? What kind of techniques did I want to layer? What was my subject that I was so. So, you know, familiar with or wanted to create more of? And so there's really just a necessary exploration of all of these different techniques and approaches to creating whatever it is that you create. And there also has to be permission to test out some things that you're not going to end up liking.