In art and in life, we hopefully learn from our happy little accidents.
Have you ever finished a painting and then accidentally dropped it and damaged it? This recently happened to me. A while back, I was putting the finishing touches on a new little 6×6 oil painting, Evening Sky.
Luckily, this ‘happy little accident’ actually ended up helping the painting! The finished painting had flopped off my easel and into piles of cadmium red and yellow. I did my best to wipe and scrape off the unwanted paint, but I was unable to remove it all. To my surprise, the invasive cadmiums actually warmed up the sky and made the painting even better! A happy little accident for sure!
You can watch how I fixed the painting in this Instagram video.
