Hello, and welcome to Our Newsletter Issue #25!

It is a pleasure to have you here.

How have you been?
(I'm genuinely interested by the way, we can chat if you reply to this email).

It's been a strange couple of weeks, that have felt like months, since I last sent a newsletter out. Today, I wanted to chat a bit about the process of starting a painting.

As you may recall, I've been keeping myself busy working on some private commissions, which as always I vastly underestimated the amount of time I needed for them!
Underestimating the work required for a painting is actually something I'm amazing at.

Multiple facets of the self (pink/purple on yellow sky). 4/4. 2021
Acrylic and oil relief print on 300gsm paper. 25 x 32.5 cm. Edition of 4
Signed and numbered on the back
*Email* *info@ariettachandris.com* *to enquire*

The process of starting a painting usually involves a vague plan and direction, and a list of all the components that I need to do in it.
I look at my list and think 'Easy! I can have this done in a couple days no problem.'

Only to realise half way through the first item on the list that actually... each component needs several 8-10 hour days to result in something I'm satisfied with. Add to this the fact that each day I tend to add more notes to my list, and voilà: a painting that I thought would take me a week, has taken a month!

The good thing about commissions though is that they come with a guiding deadline, leaving less space for being distracted by other ideas, which is how I end up sometimes taking months, if not years, to complete paintings.

Today's centre-piece image is one of the prints I had made last year. Its brightness in the yellow adds an air of optimism, which we all probably need right now...

As always, thank you for reading. I hope you have a restful weekend.

Lots of love,
Arietta xx