February 04th, 2018

I had a horrible time this week with color combinations and becoming bogged down in my own mind. I kept adding more and more colors that didn't want to fit into the scene. The basic problem is not working out the composition in the first place. Makes the painting to have no where to go. 12x12 pastel on paper

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On to a little one on one teaching session with a pastel enthusiast terrified of color. We got through it though despite the heart palpitations.

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It is back to doing these lovely little thumbnail drawings. I enjoy these more than painting most days. I had to get something down that I was happy with for this day. This 12x12 pastel was the result.

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Another terrible day of trial by fire. Perhaps the fear of color has rubbed off? Or maybe it's the size. I upgraded to 12x12 square and seem to rush it to finish in a short amount of time (one hour). When things are not working on a smaller sketch, it seems so much easier to fix, than when the problems occur on a larger piece. The time limit thing is a game with my own head. The day is only complete if I have at least one painting done.

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And it continues. I thought I would just do a monochromatic painting. Then I couldn't leave it alone and added some yellow for my lights. Ugh. There is always next week.

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Then to end off the week with painting backdrops for the local theater group. 6 4x8foot panels and 2 2x8foot panels. 

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Today I decided to do a progression of my process. This will be for a talk, I was asked to present about my work, this week.