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 #295 - So tired

Today I feel exhausted. Physically but primarily, emotionally exhausted. I spent quite many hours working on lighting my artwork and skyping and only now did I manage to draw a bit. I am pretty happy about the result given the circumstances. I've recently started an instagram account and I can say that sharing my art has suddenly become much more consequential (At least in my mind).
Today's piece is one of those things that could had been really good but eventually turned out flawed. A one-shot ink drawing, where I didn't know what I wasn't doing (I started with the head ornaments). Flawed is the word. Possessing both pretty and ugly properties. I love the ornament, the lines, the dark/light balance; the facial characteristics are beautiful but eventually didn't pan out. It's never clear when the pieces takes a turn to for the worse. You know it as soon as you do. And yet, sometimes it's salvageable. Others not; one mistake leads to the next. In any case, despite the good qualities of the piece, there is also something cool here because I allow myself to be exposed. I do of course here aswell, the good and the bad; but instagram feels different. We'll see!

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