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 #56 - Movements

Strangest of days. Even painting today was a long-shot from what I normally would do. I opened a box, took out some acrylics that I hadn't used since 2005 (that I didn't even know I had until a few months ago) and started two paintings. The first one was in my el-cheapo notebook; sized A5 - Impressed by the fact that it didn't bleed! A very interesting test of colors and a landscape that reminds me of cinematic mashes. I so want to jump in it and bring out all the hidden details, the settlement, the pirate ship, the piers...
I loved mixing the colors and how fast it would dry.

The second is even more interesting; I used big A4 paper, and I love the central form and the splash of brush-strokes in its vicinity. The colors? Beautiful! It's wonderful how you have use thicker paint to overlay opaque colors something that is impossible with watercolors. I feel the central form is a kiwi bird, or something. Very dynamic overall, lovely brushwork!

I like the dynamics with just 2.5 colors: ochre and a yellow and a red. I got a stain on my clothes and sadly I can't remove it. As a sidenote, this A4 sized work is the biggest I've done in years.

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