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 #97 - Insomniac delights!

Let's see if today I make it to watch a movie! The day started with an early insomniac interruption (clearly anxiety-related) that I decided to make use of and paint something freely (and free from thought) with my left (non-dominant) hand. It turned out beautiful! It started very automatic though as it started become something, I switched over to decision-making; but nonetheless, even like that it was a beautiful thing. The jitter of my left-hand created characters; at the same time, I haven't been more excited with my color-mixing abilities, I kept and kept doing the right choice (I think I've only undone 3 tops 4 strokes). It's obvious that I started recreating in a sense the sloppy watercolor from yesterday (that I copied from the first page of google image results) but the scene was much more alive, and the colors... And the composition too, is probably among the best I've done!

The second painting (or drawing? after all it's all mere lines - the classic pastels debate) was done with the right hand, again trying to start an automatic drawing. This one stayed automatic for much longer and in part I'm again excited by the colors and the forms, but at the same time, there is something incomplete. Perhaps the background is too empty. It looked much better in the dark.

The postures/gestures are of the same level as always. I feel I've reached a place where the gestures capture the essence of the posture, the weight, the interaction with the underlying surfaces (chair,wall) they look real compared to the stiff ones that I did in the beginning. 


Time for me to go process some feelings from the day and watch a movie (if I have the time).

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