It almost didn't happen today. I was really worn out and almost slept through any time I might have been able to paint. As it was, I didn't really feel it was done till enough to walk away till 12:00 (midnight). It isn't a fully detailed but it is done enough to feel it is finished. Its a picture of a geisha and it is the first full person I've done in this little exercise. While I am happy with how her face came out and all, I really like the texture of the robe which looks like satin.
My confidence is growing and that's a good thing too. I have one more painting tomorrow to do and after that, I think it will be a painting a week. But we'll see. I still have one more and in the end, I have to say, that while I wanted to do 100 days - 100 paintings, this was a good jump start back into this medium that I have ignored for so long.
I still don't know how this will all work out and what it will lead to, but I feel good and as stated before, excited about doing new things. The fact that I've managed to do paintings in a night, makes me feel like larger oil paintings won't be so intimidating and un-doable because a fear of time and it taking forever.
I'm already thinking of getting more comfortable with the acrylics which I've done here and there. I just need to remember to use extenders so it doesn't all dry up - but there is something to say for paint that takes soooo long to dry. Ahhh to find a happy medium (uh... pun possibly intended).
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