One of the things I love doing most is speedpainting. When I
first started, there was a lot of trial and error. For the first ones I did, I
wasn’t sure about the subject, about what it will be. But I practiced a lot and
found my voice.
With time I would usually start by thinking about the themes
I wanted to work on. Not every time, though. Sometimes I would just start
drawing and then, in the process, I would find out what the painting is about.
That’s the crazy thing about speedpainting: it just takes you to places you
never knew you were going!
I think the most important thing to know about speedpainting
is that you need to work without thinking of time limits. It’s much better to
let yourself go, let yourself create in a crazy rush and see what comes out of
it. Start drawing something, even simple lines crossing each other, it doesn’t
matter. The more you do it, the easier it will get and this way you’re sure to
get something original.
The best thing with speedpainting, for me, was that by
exercising every day, doing at least one speedpaint a day, it changed my way of
creating art and it affected my style. In the beginning, for example, my style
was rather raw, but now, after a couple of hundred speedpaints, it is really
different. It’s cleaner and crisper.
Norbi
