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 #169 - Reruins

Today I continued the piece. To my disappointment, progress is very slow. I'm even scared that it might be even slower the next few days. At the same time, I realize that acrylics drying fast means that I can't blend anything with the colors from yesterday. Suddenly all those "loose" and "sloppy" strokes are hard to eradicate; they show through. And unless I start building up color with a huge brush again (and killing all detailing), I don't see how I can get rid of them without spending an eternity on the painting.

On the other hand, I'm enjoying a lot the ability to tune the color/light since you just have to wait for it to dry to have it overworked and I'm trying all these things that I think by the end of the painting will have given me invaluable experience!

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