Pushing the Limit

When making a design or work of art, how do you know when to stop? As I have looked at many artists' work, past and present, I realize that a lot of them do many variations of the same thing. They label the work number nine, or number ten-all different versions of the same idea. I know we have done many versions of one design in this class alone, but I never realized that great artists did the same thing. The principle is the same. Picasso ocassionally did variations of his works, which resulted in innovation.

How do you know when you've gone too far though? I think the answer to that question is that it is more of an intuitive feeling. Playing it safe can work well when producing another variation of an original, rather than continuing to work on the same canvas or other surface. There's something about detaching oneself from something they've been working on for days, and starting fresh.