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 #308 - The Conceited Buddha (version ___)

I've lost count on how long I've been working on this piece. Lately pastel pieces drag and drag. This artwork had reached a point that I was starting to like it, so I was afraid of ruining it and had been avoiding it. Today I followed a hybrid approach; I altered between doing a few choices regarding the piece and falling back to "refining"/maintainance tasks (sharpening edges, saturating the paper) when I didn't feel very confident. Now that I compare it to the last photo I had of the piece, it looks like an improvement which is the best I could ask for. It's a relief. I've also started working on the tunic and its velvety surface; how it reflects colors and folds and found it very enjoyable! Another thing I haven't properly studied and I might benefit from studying at some point - fabric and textures. For now, I'll enjoy my rest.

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