Painter's block

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Steve.

Do not worry I have had this for the last 3yrs. .. I baulk at the amount of kit, on view. But I have lost the enthusiasm to tackle it. .. ..

Regards,

Mark

 

[brian]

I can't go a whole day without painting something.I'd have thought that folk who have retired, like myself, would have more time to paint.I have some good days and some bad,but i usually have a 75mm figure and a bust on the go at the same time.Stops me getting bored
I've also got figures and busts which are just about finished,but if i'm not totally happy with the results,they don't even make it onto a base.
I'm not at all happy with being of a certain age,but it's just a mental state of mind.How many of you guys are even going to reach my age?Derek won't, once i get a hold of him

 

[Helm]

I can't go a whole day without painting something.I'd have thought that folk who have retired, like myself, would have more time to paint.I have some good days and some bad,but i usually have a 75mm figure and a bust on the go at the same time.Stops me getting bored
I've also got figures and busts which are just about finished,but if i'm not totally happy with the results,they don't even make it onto a base.
I'm not at all happy with being of a certain age,but it's just a mental state of mind.How many of you guys are even going to reach my age?Derek won't, once i get a hold of him

You're what 115 now Brian ?

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

You're what 115 now Brian ?

In dog years! .. Let us give him a break.

Mark.

 

[peedee]

So we mulitiply 115 by is it 7 or 8 then?



Paul.

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Lol. Not quite. .. Brian will not be happy with you.

Mark.

 

[MalcC]

Steve

Painters block, hits us all at sometime, and can come an go quite frequently.
I have to admit I've been struggling, to find time to do some painting lately, and when I did I just couldn't find my rhythm.
sometimes its just best to have a break for a while, and then return to it.
You could always build a tank or a wingy thing just to keep you occupied, but the main thing is, that your painting mojo will return, and they'll be no stopping you.

Malc

 

[tonydawe]

I get painter's block every year just after the one big local model show we have here in Perth. For several weeks after WASMEx I struggle to even enter my hobby room, let alone look at a kit I purchased or pick up a brush.

It's usually my wife who tells me to disappear into my hobby room so she can get her hands on the remote control that gets me back in there.

I'll spend a couple of hours rearranging things, tidying up, pulling out kits to look at and then put them away wondering why I bought them.

Generally wasting time and waiting for that lightening bolt of inspiration. It never comes like that.

Eventually I grab a kit that I don't really care too much about and start work on it, and gradually I start to feel the juices start to flow.

Every year for the past 20 years I've been like this. I can guarantee you that the first figure I paint after my break is usually ****, but once the mojo returns I'm back in business.

 

[Blind Pew]

It can be a turn off to do a **** figure though - I'm sure even the best of us do though.
Only the cream ever makes it to the display cabinet.
It's just when that crap figure becomes 2, then 3.. it can be a worry.

 

[Eludia]

Lol, welcome to my world Pew. I'm not worried though, far from it. My approach is to set my standards so low that every completed piece is a masterpiece (at least to my own eyes)

 

[DEL]

You're what 115 now Brian ?

So we mulitiply 115 by is it 7 or 8 then?

This is getting a bit daft ...... I know it was me who started it and I'd like to apologise.
He's not 115, I've known Brian for 20 or so years now ......... ever since he was in his mid 60s

 

[garyhiggins]

I've just started painting something, an elven archer in a tree, so I hope my painters block is over, but it usually starts with guilt that I should be doing something else (and the realisation that if I want to paint I have to clear my desk down ).
Sympathetically, Gary.
BTW, is it true that Brian got his paint recipes direct from Rembrandt ?

 

[Nap]

Hi Guys,

Being good looking Painters block doesn't affect me ....much!! ...actually it's all going too well painting wise , so much I am having a review block!! .........fear not I will put my brushes down .

It's all part of the fun folks apparently ....now be gentle with Brian

Nap

 

[billyturnip]

Well you are not fooling me cabin boy.
If you are 60...... I'm one of Snaddder's brushes!

Paul. 56 and 5 quarters.

I never said I was 60!

 

[Helm]

Well you are not fooling me cabin boy.
If you are 60...... I'm one of Snaddder's brushes!

Paul. 56 and 5 quarters.

Is that what they are call them these days ? And Brian I'm on that many death lists you'll need to take a number
Steve

 

[peedee]

I never said I was 60!

Oh sorry Roger......just odd then ! P

 

[DEL]

BTW, is it true that Brian got his paint recipes direct from Rembrandt ?

Nope ...... other way round

 

[Helm]

 

[Aveleira]

Hi Steve,

I totally relate to that feeling! Sometimes it happens to me as well.
Sometimes I just need to start someting new.
Right now I'm painting a figure that I had almost finished and in a hiatus for a long time, because I didn't like the results.
So, I started from the beggining and in a very short time I got where I stopped and I'm much more happy with it now.
Other times, I just need a vacation time from the brushes.

Regards
Pedro

 

[garyhiggins]

Nope ...... other way round

I do apologise for my errors of chronology .