Post Workshop Blues - Again!

I wrote last year about my problem of what I call post-workshop-blues. Well,  it hit again this week. Been home from the Robt Genn workshop for a week and have painted a LOT - mostly the same bad paintings over and over and over - trying different approaches: multi glazes, scumbling, more glazes, little red Genn dots, etc etc. While I don't want to be Bob Genn (couldn't no matter how hard I tried) I do want to become comfortable with  his techniques and hope that the most useful for my approach to  acrylics will add to my bag of tricks.

In the past this blues period would last weeks and it really got me down. Now, after so many workshops, I know it will pass. I can even force it to pass by starting a new large piece and just going back to "me" ( my brushes, paints, etc)  - but that is not what I want until I have played enough. I know I lack the amazing patience that Mr Genn does for his very indirect approach to acrylics. So again, I couldn't "be him" if I wanted to.

I write this post because one of the workshop participants contacted me and expressed her confusion and frustration with her painting after the workshop. I probably just should have given her Mr Genn's contact info - 'cause this was not my fault. But I "held her hand" and encouraged her to paint as much as possible. Small pieces preferably with lots of different subject mater she likes and it will pass - and she and her work will be better for it.

It too will pass!