end of my painting day
daylight fading
fire is out
3rd layer complete and the strong red finally hidden ( for now)
panels progress
starting to cover the first layer of red with a pale creamy green
The strong red is proving to be very tenacious, adding marble dust and yellow powder pigment in with the green
first two layers nearly ready, coffee break before third layer!
anticipation
absence of colour
anticipation
preparation
2 new Millikens cradled birch panels, 110 x 80cm, taped edges, two coats of gesso
Hoping my new can of Gamblin cold wax medium arrives tomorrow via TN Lawrence art suplies
turquoise for the stones
I made 50 mince pies this morning
Maybe a transfer of eastern promise
The 4 most recent stones paintings are now turquoise
more stones
Discussing an Archaeological Curiosity From Perhaps the Han Dynasty Which He Would Write a Poem About in 1052 After Being Introduced to the Aforementioned Artifact at a Drinking Party at the Home of a Calligrapher, Mei Yao-ch’en and I Find It Curious That This Artifact Triggers Deeper Discussion About the Nature of His Visit from the Eleventh Century As Well As His Eventual Departure From the Twenty-First Century to Finish the Rest of His Life, Including Attending a Certain Party at the Home of Ts’ai Chun-Mo Mentioned Earlier, Towards the Success of Which We Begin Drinking in Advance
love the lines, like scratches through layers of time, very apt for me just now, thanks
laying down the colour
4.30 saturday evening
frustrated by confusing results with 2 square stones paintings, so decided to lay the foundations for 2 new big ones
red on one, orange on the other first
then blue on both
then dark green on orange one, light green on red one
getting to dark to see the colours properly
call it a day
ben templeton on turner rembrandt constable
day 5 last post big stones
This is the final post on these 2 big stones paintings. I changed the shape of one of the stones because it was too symmetrical.
The two square 80cm canvases are moving along now with shapes revealing hesitantly
I sat for a bit in the clear upstairs space contemplating next moves accompanied by lovely shadows on the wall when the sun came out briefly
big stones day 4
a bit more of the same but slightly different
the 2 big stones paintings (100cm x 80cm) are nearly done I think
and 2 more 80cm square ones started
this purple one has the beginnings of a wall in dawn or dusk colours
I wonder what a neolithic community woyld have made of a flame filled sky?
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