It’s 2 year’s since I was paid (a salary that is) and on my
first day of freedom, I started a diary of little cartoons which I
kept going for a year. I intended to start another dairy of some sort, but a
year has flown by and Diary Phase 2 didn’t happen. So, instead of a diary I'm doing a daily oil sketch using my dinky Jullian pochade en plein air. That is a bit of a challenge by
the way – every day, all weathers, outside? (All weathers might be pushing it a
bit – perhaps I might resort to indoor subjects if I can’t find shelter
from the rain). Consider it a proverbial red DM up the derriere and an
opportunity to get to grips with oils, painting from life and colour. I’ll show
you all my paintings (including the disasters) so please offer some advice or encouragement
as I battle with my crazy challenge! (it’s too late to say “don’t give up the
day job love ”). These are my “disasters” from this week as I experiment with
different paints, and make sure I’m committed to such a loopy idea. I can only
get better with these 6 x 8’s, and early signs suggest that it may even become
addictive (or maybe it’s the vapours getting to me already). I struggled to
maintain daily ACEO production, eventually finding the tiny format difficult to achieve both composition and detail, but I keep experimenting from time to time.
ps. MS Secret Art Show - live from 1st July.
1 comment:
Aw your little lambs ACEO is gorgeous - such detail on such a small size - I'm impressed! That is quite a challenge and I imagine the en plein air may give way to en le petit croft more often than not if recent weather is anything to go by!Still, you are very dedicated and doing so much to stretch yourself - big ups from your Reay homies! ;0)
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