How to finish a painting even when you feel hopeless
Builders know when a building is finished, carpenters know when a table is finished but for some reason, painters seem to struggle to know when their canvas is complete! Don’t feel alone. Professionals are afflicted with this disease just as much as amateurs! Let’s figure out how to finish a painting. This is nothing recent… History supports this notion. Edgar Edgas was known to rework paintings AFTER they had been exhibited… But it gets even more extreme, he had also requested to rework pieces that had been PURCHASED from private buyers. So ideally, a painting is finished when you stop painting and feel satisfied. When you feel as though nothing about the painting disturbs you and nothing is left to ‘fix’. Of course, that’s easy to say. In reality, it’s very rare that we feel this way about our paintings. So, I took the liberty of curating a few of the best tips from across the internet. Check them out below: 9 Tips on how to finish a painting even when yo...