Able to spend some hours in the studio today - roughly nine hours non stop (apart from cups of coffee). Looking around, apart from the usual mess, there were several unfinished works. I'm getting keyed up for the next series of works... just three words and 100 ways to artfully say bollocks. I decided to work on these and hopefully finish them, clearing the way so to speak. One of the 'unfinished' pieces ' wince' has sat around for a few weeks, after the initial sketch and mapping out. I had worked out the colours - a very pale blue grey with a strong cadmium red overlay. also, at the same time, I sat looking at the initial just three words painting and as usual decided to work on that instead.. when will I learn!Recently, some of the paintings, although successful, I feel I have been missing a certain feeling, one which I haven't captured for a while. Well, sitting and sitting, getting up and walking around can get your brain working, out with a pencil and started scribbling on the wall - came up with it; I like to layer the surface, putting undercoats of paint which show through in the final outcomes, this was it, I went back to the painting. I originally thought that the background would be white, but after working today, I'm not sure. Then again, I've just had a butchers and not too happy with current state. (the blue doesn't come out on the photo!!)
'Wince' on the other hand is going well, using a colour base I used some time ago, made some changes to the mix more cadmium to sharpen it.
Bad light prevents photographing next stage - the blue is a base layer. Further images to be posted.
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