day #365 - the end of an era

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I thought I was on top of it; I had finished early and was looking for a movie to watch already 3 hours ago. And I don't know how time went by. A phonecall, some networking studying, some online shopping and here we are, already past the time for an early movie. Regardless, today is a special day. The blog is over! I finished 365 days of daily painting and recording it, whatever that means. A big part of the process I will have to keep doing mainly for myself. Perhaps taking daily photos of my work and saving it on some folder. This has provem useful many times when I trying to date a piece I've been working on. Also making a small diary of today's achievements. It's still useful. But this will be done for my eyes only. I also don't know if I will be continuing my obsessively daily painting. How would life be if I had days off? Now for example that I'm moving out and I have to daily chores that until now were completely taken care of, perhaps I'll allow my

day #23 - A not so hideous Hideous Self-Portrait


Seems I've found my hobby for my insomnias! Over the last two years I've been journaling which had soothing effects at first but doesn't anymore. Still, I do it when I wake up and can't sleep. However taking the time to paint a self-portrait (or come to think about it, why not paint in general?) that is something very interesting and it's been enjoyable these two times. After all I have a chair, a mirror and my iPad and I can put them to use; I don't need to be rested to paint.

I am very proud of today's work. I didn't care for the proportions, I allowed it to become slightly wonky (it's what I pretent that gives personal style to my work, a bit of randomness). However the colors, oh my, I'm so happy about how it all turned out. The subtleties of the variations, and even though the face has a sense of being a collage - too sharp, cartooney and disproportionate compared to the rest of the elements, it adds. And the expression, I really feel it is me looking back. And I (hope) I don't look like the portrait, but I certainly felt like "that" this morning.

Overall probably one of my best pieces this year; or at least I think so now.

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