Living Room: Not Working

I’m honestly not sure if I want to continue with this painting, I think it’s not working.

I’m not sure of my original purpose for this painting. I know I wanted to show a part of my life, a messy living room, but it would also be an analogy for my life in some ways. I want the composition to be very busy and confusing, I want the viewer to ask questions about why I’m surrounded by so much stuff or why it is so confusing.

I’m not sure if the whole idea is not working, or am I just losing motivation to continue working on it. I wish I started this painting in gouache actually and I’m not willing to start it over in gouache.

I’m not sure what I’m going to do for my next session I will have to give it much thought.

Session Details

Session: 1839
Work: 1360
Width: 20
Height: 30
Medium: Oil
Art Time: 0.5 hrs

Figure, From Photograph, Interior, Living Room, Oil, Self Portrait

Chris Beaven

I'm an artist on a mission to do at least 30 minutes of art every single day for the rest of my life and track that progress on my website for all to see. I'm past the 10 year mark and I'm still going strong. Now it's time to give back and help other artists create a life long habit of creating.