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 #145 - Leuchtturm

I'm glad I finished drawing during the day, plus I had the opportunity to do a plein air study, something I haven't done in a long long time. I didn't have much time, merely 20-30mins; If I had more time, I'd push more the contrast and tighten the beams. Nonetheless I'm particularly happy that I've a) done a plein air study and b) something with metal beams - this is not something I typically attempt since the negative space is too complex to get it right.
What else do I like about this piece? The colors! I'm particularly happy that after understanding a bit the magic of burnt umbre and sienna, I can now create muddy colors like the ones you can find in the world around us! Add to that that I've been for the first time to color-match watercolors to reality, I'm very satisfied. Looking forward to another opportunity to spent more time on a plein air.

Earlier I got my hands on a 2€ sketchbook from Lidl only to discover that It's so much better to my Leuchtturm1917 and moleskine sketchbooks at a fraction of the price! For starters I picked up my pentel pocketbrush and did a scene with 3 characters where I liked the fact that I did basic character construction after a long time, and the postures were also interesting and then I filled a second sheet with my fineliner and the brushpen and tried my watercolors to see how they react. The paper buckles a lot, and the colors don't dry easily (the page is not very absorbent) so I need to be careful when I close the sketchbook, but probably because of that, it's so much more forgiving with watercolors!

Time for rest.

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