Surrendering & Trusting
Often times the most challenging conflict that arises during process painting is to stay out of your head. Our analytical mind wants to go towards painting a good-looking finished piece which we want to identify with as a representation of the self. One of the important reminders for first-time process painters is that the goal is to not conjure up a pretty painting. Therefore surrendering is the first milestone. We then direct attention to the body. What movement, which colour or what gesture naturally calls you. Sometimes we