I was out painting some time ago and there was a crooked telephone pole within the street scene I was painting. I rendered said telephone pole accurately, only to have a couple of painting friends tell me to straighten it up. I said that's how it looks. They said it didn't matter if the real pole was actually crooked. A viewer would look at my painting and think it was a mistake.
So, obediently, I straightened the telephone pole.
Later, more recently, I was out painting plein-air with the same group. On that day, a fellow painter rendered a lovely scene containing several crooked telephone poles. Remembering the critiques of my previous painting with its own crooked telephone pole, and the feedback my painting had received, I asked, diplomatically, "What do you think about those crooked telephone poles?"
The artist's response was, "It's Texas. Telephone poles are crooked all over. That's the way they looked."
Well. O.K.
SMH, then smiling to myself.
Peace,
Judi
(Posted using FASO.com on 8/20/2017 6:57:10 PM by jeb)
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So, obediently, I straightened the telephone pole.
Later, more recently, I was out painting plein-air with the same group. On that day, a fellow painter rendered a lovely scene containing several crooked telephone poles. Remembering the critiques of my previous painting with its own crooked telephone pole, and the feedback my painting had received, I asked, diplomatically, "What do you think about those crooked telephone poles?"
The artist's response was, "It's Texas. Telephone poles are crooked all over. That's the way they looked."
Well. O.K.
SMH, then smiling to myself.
Peace,
Judi
(Posted using FASO.com on 8/20/2017 6:57:10 PM by jeb)
#differentstrokesdifferentfolks
#opinionsarejustthat
#haveconfidence
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