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 #359 - One week (or less)

I'd say today's highlight has been that I painted the human form from imagination after seeing it in my mind's eye over a number of sketches. Of course seeing it is a stretch - In reality I had a glimpse of some part of the body and a notion of the general posture and I'd try to put it on the paper. I'm happy though overall. It's a way of painting I haven't cultivated, yet my "training" has all been so that it will enable me to fill in the gaps. Plus I did some attempts at trying to paint reflections in mirrors; I think I understand the general principle, though it's a bit heuristic/constructive and I wonder if there is a more ...artistic (ie less mental) approach. Other than that, I painted for only a few minutes the Venus piece: I started planning on painting, but I couldn't stand from some inexplicable tiredness which is crazy and eventually got back inside and started sketching in the sofa. I'm worried that I am too scared to attempt resuming the venus piece. I'm starting to realize that even for "spontaneous" pieces, a color-comp is a must. I might have to reevaluate my "one-off approach". Time for rest.
Oh, six more entries to go, then this blog is over.

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