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 #230 - Observations

I started with high hopes today; After the general feeling of tiredness building up over the last few days, I had felt that a change of direction would be very beneficial: I was eager to do something with a narrative, some panel. It quickly fell apart (the thought that I'm able to do something complete, was the culprit) and I found myself revising Scott Robertson's Ellipses' drawing chapters. In retrospection, after all these hours doing "technical drawing (and "analytical" studying), I can say I was duped: I got too scared, and fell back to something that felt measurable and thus something I could become competent in. Well, at least I saw that.
Now regarding what was good about today's practice: The fact that I did revise my perspective a bit (still I feel I've forgotten lots of imporant stuff which saddens me) and the fact that I made the observation of the avoidance. Plus, I'm not angry at myself; I know it was stressful and scary. Another good thing about today.
Very frustrating this perspective studying it is. Despite trying to be as accurate as possible (with the help of computerized straight lines and even an automatic perspective grid) I would still have errors in my construction. Reminds me of my school years, being unable to do one single calculation without arithmetic errors. The process was fine, but every time, I'd reach a different number.

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