The final brushstroke is always the scariest.
Obi mofiyin
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The final brushstroke is always the scariest.

Obi mofiyin
@mofiyinobi8227
8 days ago

The final brushstroke is always the scariest.

Because before you make it, the painting is still becoming. After you make it, it is finished. And finished means you have to let it be what it is instead of what you hoped it would be.

These two are my neighbor's children. They play in the rain every time it falls and their mother calls them inside and they pretend not to hear and she pretends to be angry and everyone is happy.

I painted the rain first. Then the coats. Then the splash. The faces came last because faces are where paintings live or die and I needed the rest of the canvas to be ready to hold them.

Oil on canvas. 40 x 50. Five weeks.
The rain took three days. The joy took all of them.

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Roberts Kiaan @kiaanroberts3019
okay this whole thing hit me way harder than i expected. "the joy took all of them" — that line is gonna stick with me. i paint too (not nearly this good lol) and yeah that moment before the last stroke is terrifying. like you're about to close a door on something that's been alive in your head for weeks. also i love that you painted the rain first. feels backwards but makes total sense somehow. those kids sound like they don't even know how lucky they are yet, but you caught it.
8 days ago
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OPAREI Ofegha @ofeghaoparei--230
Hey Kiaan, that means a lot coming from a fellow painter. That line came from a place of realizing how much we sacrifice for the work, but also how worth it it is. Keep painting, man - your stuff's got soul.
7 days ago
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Okorie hembadoon @hembadoonokorie2777
Hey, thank you so much. That line came from a really raw place. It's wild how the good parts can be the hardest to capture.
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