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 #251 - Ladybug

At one point I decided to put away this piece of watercolor-paper and do sometime lazier instead. Perhaps pickup my pentel pocketbrush? Or the iPad? I quickly decided against the iPad. I had indulged in it yesterday and I've seen what happens if I stay with it too long, I lose motivation. I was looking for something more elaborate than an ink sketch, but not as tiresome as a watercolor painting. Then I remembered I could do a piece with a sole watercolor! I enjoyed the process a lot. While not the most complex thing ever, it still feels dear to me in the sense that I like a lot about it - the background, how the 3D form emerged without a sketch, the highlights, the ground. I like the interplay between light and dark - how some limbs are dark against the background whereas others are bright. I like the composition; it's not perfect, but there is the sense of the viewer coming from above and the insect becoming alert, there is some intimacy to it. I liked the process of sculpting and building up values with water a lot! This hahnemuhle paper makes nice waterstains (but on the other hand doesn't allow for any lifting whatsoever). Time for rest.

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