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 #151 - Ego boost

Today is probably one of these days that I'm satisfied on almost all accounts; I started with a watercolor painting on cotton paper, it's a random composition that soon turns into a ruins-scape. I did first the tonal painting with burnt umbre and then overlayed the colors. It did work, though I'm not too happy about the overall result. Perhaps if I put even more layers I'd be able to achieve better form separation, as it was starting to get 3D volume (especially in the mid-ground) but I was too bored/tired too keep going. I had already spent a long time on this piece. Aside from the general lack of volumes separation, I like the deep purple shadows, the green clouds in the background, the sky color and the foreground.

Later in the evening, I started doodling on the ipad. I logged onto discord and started streaming, something I hadn't done in quite some time. And the result was mind-blowing! The sheet is full of interesting heads, fully-bodied characters and even scenes with some semblance of story. This is one of the sheets very it's easier to count the things I don't like than those that I do! An all times favourite; the girl soldier climbing, the queen with the sword, the baby and the demon, the flower-girl plucking the apple, the orc, the djinn, the old man, the guy with the turban... A mighty productive day. Such days I feel like a drawing superhero, like I can take on the world!

This leaves me with some familiar fear about what will happen next day that I fail to reach these heights.

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