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 #50 - High yield

Today has been a productive day; In the afternoon at the park I had a few minutes to doodle with my favorite brush-control show-off. Later a crowd gathered for some open-air covid19esque union meeting, whereas other people were training in the stadium and I had the opportunity to do some figure studies from afar. I am particularly happy about the one group of people with the adults and the children sitting together; I like the postures of each of them, and the fact that there is a narrative in it too; it's not just random characters drawn one next to the other.

Later in the evening I decided to paint a bit more since I could feel a measure of inspiration inside of me. My acceptance-seeking side decided to combine two things that feel easy and thus safe (and have earned myself some little praise): Alien landscapes. Part alien landscapes, part brush-control, part notan/high-contrast/noir/Chiaroscuro whatever you call it. It was very fun. VERY FUN. Creating a world, and depth by originally indicating the darkest sides and slowly building up values was super interesting. I love the hemishperical-dome on the left; somehow I have associated it with surrealist painters; not sure why, but I have nonetheless. Even the crappy paper held it's water; Now that it's dry (or that I've taken some distance, I feel that the darkest tone is abruptly dark) were I one to rework my art, I'd try pushing the other tones a bit more so the transition from the darkest shade to the next one would be smoother. What else do I like? The abundancy of planes, the moon, the clouds, the depth, the highlights...

Day #50. Feels like something ...whole/complete, a round number. Still, I don't see an end to this commitment (that by now has become a habit too, but this doesn't negate the fact that I'm unfree to stop it). I wonder when will I be able to stop this blog...

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