Comments on: Painting Over Creative Workspace

By: Learning to Let Go in Art and in Life | tortagialla - Blog of Artist Linda Tieu - Design and Illustration

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:29:23 +0000

[...] it! I am slowly learning to let go in a few ways though, especially when it comes to my artwork. Painting over canvases and boards that are just sitting around, recycling papers into journals or just plain throwing [...]

By: linda

linda — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:01:42 +0000

Hi Marieke, Thanks for the tip on Dwanda! I’ll have to give it a try as well…I’ll give everything a go Hopefully I can make something with my fabric…I don’t have a sewing machine, so it’s challenging!

By: Marieke

Marieke — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:52:38 +0000

Your swatches look great! Dawanda looks very much like etsy only they have more German and French people. So if you want to reach european customers Dawanda is great.
Have a lovely weekend!

Bye

By: linda

linda — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:00:08 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement, Clair! I agree it’s part of the learning processing…we’ll see what happens by taking this new path Thanks again!

By: Clair

Clair — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:19:45 +0000

Aw, I understand only too well the frustration when things go wrong (especially when you’ve put heart and effort into them) but sometimes it’s just part of the learning process and we become better for it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to cut teeny little beads out of patterns and start hours worth of work again – but it’s worth it to feel happy with the end result. Good luck x

By: linda

linda — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:28:54 +0000

Very true, thanks for stopping by!

By: gretchen/juneatnoon

gretchen/juneatnoon — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:39:17 +0000

I imagine it’s a little disappointing to have to paint over something, but then a little exciting too, since suddenly there are new possibilities before you.