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 #177 - Saint Baccus

Today's work is something I'm somewhat proud of. It started randomly with a burnt umber sketch that quickly resembled a human figure and then random colors trying to fill the canvas. This was the sheet of primed paper. Didn't make much difference though I wonder whether this allowed for the paper to be more waterproof, thus warping less. Or perhaps it was the numerous staples I put. I'll never know. In any case, it's 70x100cm which is a manageable size for a "one session" though due to the lack of electricity in my studio and the later hours that I wake up, I can't stay more than 2 or 3h. In other words, I didn't finish it yet, but I plan on finishing it soon.

Towards the end, I started getting realistic which I like a lot. If I get the chance, I hope to study a bit the elbow and the light on it but knowing myself, I'll probably wing it. The arms are disproportionately long, but I don't mind.

I enjoyed creating the flesh color, the highlight in the abdomen and the plump figure!

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