Creative Process is a blog documenting the process through which an idea becomes a finished product. In this case, we see how Elizabeth Torak goes from a series of sketches to the painting of a work entitled ‘The Feast of Venus’. Seeing as to how the painting itself remains unfinished, the blog mirrors this work-in-progress sort of feel. Nonetheless, given the unique subject matter, Creative Process is definitely still worth a visit.
What is particularly interesting in this blog are the sketches and photographs of the work in progress. The artist captures each days work with her camera and posts many images of earlier sketches and studies as well to give us an idea of what is, in essence, the process behind the work. She also, very competently, relates a couple of the concepts behind her work, as well as the ups and downs of the process she goes through in creating her art. She occasionally also talks about some related works, presumably in the hope of giving us a more complete picture of her work.
The one limitation to this blog, however, is that it is perhaps a little too specific; while it is fascinating to read about the process behind the painting that the artist creates, you are left wanting a little more – you want to know more about who the artist is, or what else she does with her life. While Elizabeth does provide links to her personal website as well as to another blog featuring the other work in her studio, it seems that all these sites could be combined into one, rather than being disparate entities. On its own, therefore, Creative Process seems, at times, to be a little thin as a blog.
Nonetheless, the aptly named Creative Process offers a fascinating look at the creative process involved in creating art, and is well worth a brief visit.NULL