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 #51 - Multisheets

Today I started early doing some postures. I don't feel too well with my postures; they feel very stiff. Especially the female bodies. Nonetheless by the second sheet, I had some interesting outcomes - for a start beautiful female faces, always welcome. Then, a horserider, a chinese princess and a guy peeing. The second sheet, unlike the fist, has lots of interesting stuff.

I feel I need to put more time studying postures from life... Then again, I'm divided between two different approaches in painting: a) what comes naturally and is easy (for instance imaginary landscapes using a paintbrush) and b) what I want to be able to draw/paint (ie humans, vehicles, realism etc). It's the choice between doing something beautiful and pleasant, yet not what you wish (consciously) to say and on the other hand that which you wish to say, but comes out stiff and most time after effort.

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