Had to go out into the world today, as the world is struggling between settling in for a long haul of relative isolation or just throwing caution and good sense to the winds. I give over the time and space to make an image, but there is nothing in my mind to give it form and sense. So here is some chaos, with bits that are hopeful, much that is unformed and confused, without any real plan.
I need to spend some more time outside, quiet, remembering that the world is not just all the people in it.
Wow, I am just not very good at limiting my time. I only had 2 1/2 hours today, so this is as far as I got on this one. I really don’t know how I’m going to manage finishing these little paintings, especially when my jobs and things start up again and I don’t even have that much time for the studio. I probably have at least another week or two to think about it.
On the plus side, I still can’t wait to start painting, and don’t ever want to stop come suppertime.
I didn’t do so well at limiting my time tonight, so there’s the drawing and the colors blocked in. Again, this one may show up again someday in a more finished state.
Took a while, but here’s the update (posted 11/16/20)
Once again limiting my time on my daily drawing so I could spend some time working more on other paintings I didn’t feel were finished. This one may return as a finished painting at some point.
So here’s the thing. I can’t always have 5 or 6 hours to do my daily drawing, but I want to keep my commitment to the practice. So for now I am going to try to time-limit my dailies, to an hour at most. That way I’ll theoretically be able to do other projects, rework drawings I particularly like, etc. Who knows what will happen, or if I’ll even stick with that idea…stay tuned, I guess.
I got this one to a more finished state. The original picture with this post is below.
Another couple of (my interpretation of) young Liam’s Yeasts.
I only had 2 1/2 hours on this one instead of the 4-6 hours I’ve been spending on paintings lately. It doesn’t feel finished. Being out of work opens up time in the studio, but I haven’t really resolved how to integrate that with my daily drawing practice. Mostly it just means I’m spending as much time as I have on the dailies, and not at all getting around to other studio projects I’d hoped to be working on with all this extra time. But I’m enjoying it, so I guess I’ll just keep following my nose and see where I end up.
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