#217 Toe Shoes 10/6/19

After the disappointing job I did yesterday, I left the landscape world and went back to a still life.  Same size canvas (7x9, rather large for me) though.  I turned off most of my brain and just tried to get down what I saw in the photo.  I love this one!  Isn't is strange how one day fails and the next day excels?  I don't quite understand the inconsistency, but perhaps one day I'll get there.  My intended background in this painting was just blurred gray....but now that I look at the finished painting I see it as tulle from a cast-off tutu, laying on the floor behind the toe shoes.  What is keeping the toe shoes from falling over?  It is a mystery!