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 #275 - The quiet life

I'm experimenting with breaking routine and letting go as of today. I decided not to interfere with painting since this is too big to give up, but I found the courage to put aside other stuff. Thanks to this newfound ability to ...be lazy, I didn't paint today though I wasn't doing anything whatsoever - Still, even at this hour I did a little something. I sketched a scene of quietude and routine. I enjoyed that I drew tree outlines, figures going about their business (particularly that lady with the kid and the basket). While (once again) the last few strokes tipped it off balance (some very thick lines and dark patches in the background) I'm happy with it. I also enjoyed that while painting I would try envisioning in details what I'm going to paint next; Emphasis to the distinction between envisioning the actual form of somethin and merely deciding on what (notion) I will be depicting. I quickly gave up, but I had the chance to realize that I might want to explore that direction of visualizing what I'm about to paint in detail and not just saying "I'll paint a girl on a horse".

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