day #365 - the end of an era

Image
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 #192 - The Forest

Today I worked a bit on yesterday's piece. It's always a dreadful filling having to re-connect to a feeling. Will I make it and get into the piece before I break it? Will it be the same piece afterwards or will it be something new (and probably ugly?). There is always fear that the next stroke will completely ruin it and that I'd better leave it alone. This is a frequent sensation when revisiting works that I started another day. The first strokes were awkward but I soon got back into the mood. Crisis averted. The painting is almost done; I wonder if there is anything left to do; I'll check tomorrow and see. What did I like about it most? Reaffirming that I like pastels a lot. What else? The subtle textures, the quick marks, the dynamics and how colors look so vibrant. I like it pastels! 

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

day #2 - Skulls, Perspective and Vehicles

day #223 - Colorizing

day #175 - back to Sketching