Debtfair

It limits both the quantity and the quality of materials that I have at my disposal. I can't make quality oil paintings with an impasto technique even if I wanted to because that's too much money on a canvas that I don't have. But I'm seeing this limitation of quality materials positively. It's pushing me to create the most beautiful works out of every day, accessible materials. Have you ever blended oil paint? It's almost effortless to make something come out beautiful. But to make something incredibly beautiful and pleasing to look at out of cheap, old, almost unusable materials? I've used dried out Prang markers that I haven't touched since I was 10 years old in some of my most current work. Doing this is much more of a challenge, and I've actually been enjoying myself. I just created a mixed media piece made entirely out of different fabrics and mimicked the blending of paint. I never would have challenged myself like this if I wasn't economically limited. I almost value my works beautifully done on cardboard more than some of my painted canvases, just from the amount of creative effort that was put into them.