Painters Losing Time on Unpredictable Projects
21 posts across 3 communities in the last 60 days; 86% from r/painting.
“I only want to spend one more hour on this painting. What area jumps out at you as specifically needing a rework?? I haven't painted the teeth yet, so I'm going to work on that and then see what y'all say. Thanks for the help!”
“So this is a homework assignment using an un-painterly style. Basically no brushstrokes are allowed. Everything has to be blurred out after each sitting. Not sure what to do with the water just yet The only colors I’ve used are Prussian blue, titanium white and cadmium yellow.”
“Tallied it up to roughly 22 hours over 3 consecutive days. Was a labour of love.”
Multiple posts express frustration with the unpredictable nature of painting projects, from unexpected complications to time-consuming tasks. This suggests painters are struggling to accurately estimate project timelines and manage client expectations.
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“I only want to spend one more hour on this painting. What area jumps out at you as specifically needing a rework?? I haven't painted the teeth yet, so I'm going to work on that and then see what y'all say. Thanks for the help!…”
“So this is a homework assignment using an un-painterly style. Basically no brushstrokes are allowed. Everything has to be blurred out after each sitting. Not sure what to do with the water just yet The only colors I’ve used are Prussian blue, titanium white and cadmium yellow. submitted by /u/Untitledpdf [link] [comments]”
“Tallied it up to roughly 22 hours over 3 consecutive days. Was a labour of love. submitted by /u/LivTheKing [link] [comments]”
“Painting is hard enough, but the balance between painting layers and getting the right amount of coats is difficult enough on top of that much less if you were painting next to existing paint, then it just quadruples the difficulty so they”
“This is quite a different style from my usual. I wanted to practice painting faster and looser, as well as focusing on including more colour in my shadows. Pretty happy with the result for a quick one! submitted by /u/frooon [link] [comments]”
“So I basically avoided art for like 25 years because life stuff. Finding myself liking paints for once. I know there's a lot of ammatur short cuts and areas to tighten but I only have so much time before a birthday 😂. Total time maybe 3 hours? Thank you instagram artists. 👏 I did this for my dad, it's a bigger birthday coming up. We lost my mom a while back. I'd like to think it's them meeting again sometime, somewhere out there one day in the giant eternal universe. The next o”
“here are the first 5 days, all are done from photos i have taken on my phone and all are done in 10-30 minutes 😊 submitted by /u/Old_Initial_9485 [link] [comments]”
“Mum knew I was struggling for money so requested a painting from me fir her birthday. Here it is. Very proud considering I haven't painted in several years due to work and time restraints. submitted by /u/TheJokersAppren [link] [comments]”
“Got stuck and don't think the background is good., please disregard the rock that I have finished. submitted by /u/food-coma [link] [comments]”
“Hi It took my whole day to complete it . submitted by /u/Cold_Hippo3628 [link] [comments]”
“She mashes some paint and I did what I could. Was a bit of fun on a rainy day. She loved it. submitted by /u/BrineyBiscuits [link] [comments]”
“Boring job has me getting back into old hobbies. Acrylic on Canvas. Sidebar: it’s scary posting art for the first time submitted by /u/MoGinger17 [link] [comments]”
“I need to finish this mural in a couple days for my sister but I feel stumped and I’m not sure how to move forward, any recommendations? I also added 2 photos of some of the inspiration paintings she liked submitted by /u/Illustrator773 [link] [comments]”
Maybe half way done? submitted by /u/suntmint [link] [comments]
“That's probably a decent idea. I get along well with everyone in the shop, it's not really a personality thing, I just think we have different standards for when something is ready to be painted and when it's not.”
“OK, so I have a question. How do some of you paint so fast with such realism? Realism obviously wasn’t what I was going for with this one, but this painting I made for my little brother took me approximately 70 hours. It’s acrylic on 18” × 24” paper. I’ve always painted relatively slowly, and I guess I’ve gotten even slower since I got M.S., but while I was working on this, I saw a few people posting incredibly realistic paintings that only took them 30 or 40 hours and still packed in so much de”
“I am completely out of practice after not painting for over a year due to uni stress and life getting in the way. I painted Jack sparrow for a friend's birthday several years ago, as she's a big fan of PotC, and this year she asked for Davy Jones. I'm contemplating adding a bit more something-something with coloured pencils, but I'm not sure. Currently just hoping to give the picture from years ago justice. submitted by /u/anonymous_owl_17 [link] [comments]”
“This is one of the four painting I've been finishing up- I think it's been 20-30 hours, but that's bloated since most of it was done in livestreams. Either way, I'm overdue for a study on how to paint faces. submitted by /u/Ramaragh [link] [comments]”
“An oil painting, but the "undercoat" was in acrylics. submitted by /u/parason47 [link] [comments]”
“Took more time than its predecessor (last pic) submitted by /u/umidkwhatimdoingher [link] [comments]”
“Oil on canvas. 2019 It took me about 2 months IG fredosis.art submitted by /u/fredosis1111 [link] [comments]”
“Haven't painted in ages, haven't painted anything other than tattoo flash in even longer. Pleased with this one (although it took 15hrs of my life) submitted by /u/LivTheKing [link] [comments]”
Painted these today. submitted by /u/SwiftyMcQueen28 [link] [comments]
“This one is going to be a lot of work. It takes me at least an hour to paint each flower (plus drying time between layers) and haven't even started on the bird yet. submitted by /u/Capable_Ad_9350 [link] [comments]”
“I used acrylic paint as the main color and metallic 3D paint to highlight the drawing. It took me 15 days to finish. submitted by /u/BiVoArtist [link] [comments]”