Stuck.
Yes, it happens to me, too. In fact, it happened often while creating the above painting, Sunstruck.
I planned the painting in early March and, while the image was drawn and pinned to a board on an easel, I didn't begin applying paint until the end of April. With many stops and starts, I finally completed the piece at the end of June.
Overthinking.
Throughout the process I continually worried that, because I had painted this woman before — with great success — that this painting wouldn't be as good. I tried not to compare it with Under the Noonday Sun. I wanted it to be different, but it took some time before I was brave enough to go with my instincts and paint the sweater green instead of black.
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