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 #297 - Turning winter into spring

After all this time, another plein air excursion! I'm so happy that I did it, and with the result too! This is a watercolor piece that had a rough start since I had forgotten my mixing tray and did everything on the brush. Nonetheless, a good piece now that I see it. I can't say it's any close to reality; I quickly moved around all the landmarks in the barren field and started giving it colors that were not present in the region. But I like it! Other than that today I did lots of photoshooting attempts; both with natural and artificial light. Nothing beats natural light!

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