Brushwork in Painting: Making Your Mark -501

Efficient, even beautiful application of paint is an important part of our form. In this video Paul shows examples of various aspects and varieties of mark-making in representational work with a view to laying out some of the reasons for their existence. QUESTION: Can you talk about brushwork? These days it seems “big juicy” brushstrokes are what we should be aiming for. The result looks very relaxed and loose and above all confident. But I’m none of these things by nature (still working on it), with the exception of sketching or playing or experimenting. My plein air life does include “fastness” at the start in order to get down shadows, but this isn’t juicy; in fact it’s just whatever I can get on the canvas before the light changes. Usually this means thin or “scrubby” and even tentative. None of this particularly comports with the Boston School method. Or does it? Lauren K ‪@Paintedtrout‬ https://studio.ingbretson.com