They were calling for icy conditions forming overnight, so yesterday afternoon one of my coworkers offered to swap shifts today - I'm on the 12-830pm instead of 7-330pm, meaning I had all morning to putz. So I painted. The apple took 58 minutes, not including the photo which I took a few days ago (it was part of my Blue Apron order). I noted a few things today:
- I like my lid-palettes because of the groove at the edge; it holds the tiny pour of safflower oil that I can dip into as needed without compromising the jar.
- I'm creating a "paint-by-number" style of drawing, and when I finished painting that portion, it looked similar to painting styles that I admire on pinterest, yet mine seemed unworthy and I dry-brushed the junctures to make the object look more like the photo.
- I finished the "use all the paint on the palette instead of throwing it away" painting that I've been working on since Day 1, my abstract, and I like it! I further used up the paint on the palette today, smushed everything together on a small towel, making a brown, and simply rubbed the edges of the stretched canvas to finish it. Very easy!
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| The photo |
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| The 8-Day Abstract, a way to use up all the left-over paint on the palette. |
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| The finished painting |
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| The painting, almost done, thought it needed blending. |
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| The background is in, ready to start on the subject. |
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