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 #265 - Complex Dynamics V

Today has been another satisfying day. I cought longer hours of light that usually and stopped working not because I run out of light, but because I felt I wasn't contributing anything. I'm starting to accept the idea that some things mature over time, and taking breaks is good. This piece feels almost done too. When I put my pastels away, I had decided that I'd look at it tomorrow and if nothing is glaringly ugly, I'd photograph, fixate and sign it. Eventually I found numerous minor issues both while looking at it later and on the computer so I'll be definitely retouching it tomorrow; but probably I won't need a second day. We'll see.
In any case, I reached an interesting point: I could see myself continuing refining the piece, but then again I know I wasn't adding any real value to it, I was merely making it cleaner. I decided to invest that time to keep working on new stuff and improving - and perhaps allow myself in the future to reach this point of cleanliness much earlier in my process. Faster stronger better more productive!
Another good thing is that I feel energized and might even work a bit more tonight. We'll see

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