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 #24 - Whatever!


Crazy days! Thankfully it's not in a negative way; on the contrary; I'm having some much sought after advancements in my life! Today's piece was started outdoors in park for 30 minutes and then I resumed it in the evening. It's not something I'm used to doing; continuing artwork. For some reason I always felt that things should be done in one sitting (spontaneity and all). I still don't feel that I like working a piece for a little, waiting for it to dry, resuming and so forth. That's why I've always liked digital (other than Undo and free materials) - You don't have to wait for the paint to dry and it never gets muddy from being overworked.

Anyway, today's piece, I did in two sittings. I happy for the fact that I didn't give up on it, especially since after the first 30minutes it was ugly. It still is no beauty contestant, but it's slightly better. I also feel good that on a day that I was so pressured for time, I found myself time to paint. It's funny that this blog that I've been cursing for the last 23 days, suddenly becomes a lifeboat, the next 30 days might be very busy so I am grateful to have something to motivate me paint!

Funny how things in new context change from enemies to friends, and friends to enemies!

Not complaining today though :)

PS. oh, what I like of this painting? I like purple shadows, the existence of a hamlet, the shadow of the phallic giant rock formation. But mostly I like the palette - it retrospection, it's a split-complementary. Or perhaps the whole color wheel if you use the RGB/CMY color wheel. Ah, who cares! I just like the colors.
PS2. Also planes and landscapes? Definitely inspired by Moebius and Hayao Miyazaki's ''nausicaa of the valley of the wind"...

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