at work on watercolor 50 this morning
5:37 PM: our wi-fi is finally back up. our provider had been receiving hundreds of calls form around the san luis valley from frusytrated customers. they had been doing repairs and upgrades this weekend and it got messed up.
watercolor 51 emerged. as often happens, at the end of my painting day, when i was preparing to return to the house so we could take our trail walk. the blue watery bit came at the very end, when i thought it was complete, even with that big white space. actually, this one was based upon a photo i shot a few months ago, when the creek was still full of ice. so that white space was a big patch of it.
we ended up not taking our walk; both of us are having intestinal upset. so i just made some quinoa with lemon & feta, & that’s our dinner. fortunately, i didn’t start feeling wierd until i had completed the second watercolor.
3:47pm: i’m composing this on my phone. our internet has been down all day so this is my only option. i’ll be brief: today was a breakthrough of sorts. you’ll see from these 2 images that my focus on simplification is ongoing.