Tanlines

This is digital but I wish I did it in oil. Lately I've been having a strong urge to paint large, from the shoulder. The wrist action that happens when I'm working on a tablet is starting to feel restricted and even my Cintiq doesn't seem to be doing the trick. There is something about being physical when painting, some of that energy is captured in an image. It's tough to replicate the sheer physical emotion when working on a computer, the environment itself is too controlled. You can be bursting with energy in your mind but it's usually reduced to whatever is channeled through contrived wrist action. I always think of Jackson Pollock and how he moved around the canvas on the floor while painting. That's basically what his paintings are, an explosion of physical energy and that's why they are so captivating. By the way, his painting titled No.5 is the single most expensive painting ever sold ($155.3 million).