past personal diary entries of an artist - from 15 Jul 04

Hi,

Yesterday, I worked on cleaning up my studio... it has a long way to go, yet. *sigh* I also forced myself to do some art. The daily art journal collage was easy enough to do:

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But, I still stalled when it came time to pick up a paintbrush. So, I hauled out Color Choices again (it's linked below my signature, with a graphic) and one of my 16" x 20" canvases, and chose a challenging limited palette. That way, if it didn't turn out at all, I could blame it on the palette since my paintings are generally about LOTS of colors.

Above the larger painting on my easel, you can see the quick sketch that I did at the flood plains near our home. That's the sketch that inspired my last painting, too. I love the colors, and the subject is challenging.

Anyway, I was working with that subject for the larger canvas, but limiting myself to Cad Red-Orange, Dioz. Purple, and Phthalo Green. (Yes, the phthalo still doesn't look right, here in the online version.) I'm not sure if I'll keep working on it, or use this as an underpainting with more of my usual range of colors. I've put it to one side while I think about it.

And, part of that thinking process involves doing more color studies. I woke up inspired first by yummy romance with my sweetie, and then by Elemore Morgan's 'Wall of Clouds', since skies are my favorite subjects.

I'm taking out that pad of linen paper, and I'm going to try a series of color studies--particularly with limited palettes--featuring sunrises, sunsets, and colorful skies. I'll probably throw them into eBay later today, too. If you're on my mailing list about auctions, I'll email you as soon as they're in the auction. (If you're not on that list, you can join here.)

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Anyway, I'm pushing myself hard to continue painting. It's not easy, and I cannot believe that I let unintended criticisms get to me like this. But I do. *shrug*

I did a lot of self-work last night and saw a whole lot that led up to this level of "touchiness" about what others say. But, I can also see the merits in remaining fairly sequestered from the world, in favor of making lots & lots of deeply personal & satisfying art, not caring what others think about it.

I'm still processing through this, and I'm sure that I'll have more intelligent things to say in a few days.

Right now, it's time to paint.

Wishing you rich and creative days filled with dazzling inspiration,

Wishing you rich and creative days filled with dazzling inspiration,

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What I'm listening to right now: the a/c
What I'm watching right now: every night, BBC World News, and then Will & Grace reruns