4:24 PM: I moved the painting I completed yesterday to my south facing wall, as you can see BELOW, and thus cleared wall space on my east facing painting wall for the new 40x46” canvas, which you can see in the image on the right. i’ll start work on the new one tomorrow morning. right now, after almost 8 hours in the studio, i’m ready to walk back to the house for dinner with my honey!
my east facing painting wall, with the new 40x46 canvas
my south facing studio wall with the painting I completed yesterday now on the lower right
11:40 AM: while making my reed pen & brush ink drawings earlier, I began cutting the drawing up & discovered a piece that might work in 2/5/2022 oil/collage, which I had considered complete.
BELOW are the before (left) and after images. the newly collaged pieces temporarily attached for now.
so I just now scrolled back & forth between the two & decided I prefer it the way it was.
making reed pen & brush drawings today
DETAIL of 2/5/2022 oil/collage , with cut-up collaged reed pen drawings visible on the left & center
10:01 AM: I am declaring 2/5/2022 oil/collage resolved, and moving on to a new oil/collage, this one more of a rectangle.
I think I may Strat my painting day by making some of those reed pen and brush ink drawings I like to cut up & collage into my paintings, and then take it from there.
did I mentioned I spilled boiling coffee on my bare foot yesterday morning? very painful. there are some big blisters. last night I smeared manuka honey on the worst, most painful spots, and it seems to have worked! much better this morning, but I think i’ll have to wait at least one more day before walking up to the stupa.