tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245662519209286682.post1119405550835899953..comments2024-01-18T13:48:18.998-05:00Comments on Push And Pull: Personal Piece Update 9Steven Belledinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798269170915291454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245662519209286682.post-75329446330712551102013-09-18T14:57:03.469-04:002013-09-18T14:57:03.469-04:00My hope for this blog early on was to share more t...My hope for this blog early on was to share more than most of my compatriots do and professors did in college. The apparent ease of everything is sometimes an illusion. For me, it's an outright lie. I'd rather be more honest and up front in how much I actually struggle to pull things together. While I consider this job to be the best in the world, and something I enjoy to my very core, it can sometimes be frustrating and disheartening. It's important to me to discuss that in hopes that someone reading this might realize that their own struggles are, in fact, normal.<br /><br />Canvas, in general, tightens and loosens with temperature and humidity. While there might be benefits to being able to remove it, there are also serious down sides. Removing the canvas could potentially harm the painting (depending on how thickly the paint is applied to begin with). The surface I'm working on had gotten looser over time due to a very dry environment. At least that's my suspicion. When I started, it was fine, but it got noticeably worse as I got deeper into the piece. I tried a few tricks that seem to have made a difference. I unboxed the piece yesterday (it was in a box from my recent move) and was surprised to find it pretty tight again, so I have hopes that I can move forward without any drastic measures being implemented.Steven Belledinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798269170915291454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245662519209286682.post-59646355642474131342013-09-18T14:45:01.454-04:002013-09-18T14:45:01.454-04:00I feel like this struggle is something we all expe...I feel like this struggle is something we all experience, but I've never seen an artist share it quite like you do. Thank you for that. I see a lot of, "Hey look at this cool thing I did. It was pretty easy, you just need to sit down and get it done." <br /><br />Was it a painting you had already started before you realized the looseness in the canvas? I recall hearing that the benefit of stretched canvas is that it could be removed entirely from the frame and restretched as needed. Neal Tsehttp://www.nealtse.comnoreply@blogger.com