Orange Tutu

30.4 cm x 40.3 cm

        我終於知道藝術家辛苦的地方在哪了！創作怎麼可能會是件容易的事：你要不斷想出新的東西，突破自己，而且永遠不滿於現況，從上一件作品跳脫框架。此外，作品的產生是一個過程，而不是終點；更準確地說，它是一個起點：構思下一幅的過程在你完成這一幅後就開始了。
        以前的我沒真正遇過所謂的“瓶頸”，那是因為我不需要密集的創作，我只是心血來潮的，而且相當務實目的的創作（例如作卡片給生日將屆的朋友）但現在生活有恩賜的空檔，允許我認真並心無旁騖地作畫，我很想在這段時間內多畫點東西，真可怕，不是想畫就能畫的。昨天媽媽視訊時鼓勵我繼續作畫，也提醒我不要太過勉強。所以我決定要把這件事情看得很淡，哈哈，但是說得比作的簡單啊！
     Again, my inspiration is the color tangerine. Yesterday on my way home from MAM, I saw this color on one pedestrian. It was just a glimpse when I looked through the bus window, but I knew that was exactly beautiful and I loved that!
     Inspiration couldn't be realized if you don't have other ideas for the construction and expression. So I still found it really hard to start a new piece of artwork. And when I searched the keyword "tangerine" on Google, I happened to find a girl in orange tutu. That is absolutely cute and beautiful. Then I started my work. I chose the paper with the darkest tone in my assorted collection.
     At the very beginning, I failed to draft the girl from head to the skirt because I found I had to work in the frame, which was very limited. It didn't take me very long to start directly from the beautiful orange tutu. The truth is that, I didn't have a very clear picture in my mind what it was going to be like and all I knew was I want to be with this wonderful object full heartedly.  I did feel very satisfied with the result and then I pondered what's next. And I decided to have one girl wear this skirt, but she isn't the girl I found on Google anymore. I wanted to cut down the details on her silhouette and let my imagination run wild. This was how she was born as she's like in the final painting. Finally, I relate the last step to the color that inspired me from scratch, so I drew a real tangerine, which could be put in the context of this painting since it could mean something to the girl and to the color.
     So many ideas amassed to produce this piece of work, and they could be something that flash over your mind in daily life or something you might pay extra effort to incubate.
     It's never never easy to be always creative!!