the new couch 38x40” as it looked at the end of my painting day today
3pm: still taking it very slow, i continued work on the new couch, all of which was on the bottom half of the compostion. i adjusted the red door so that it looks more like a door, filled in some of the stairs and plants on the left, lightened the violet shadow on the lower left and made some changes to the figure holding the door open.
while maintaining the mystery of the undefined shapes above, i gave more definition and solidity to the areas below. lightening the violet shadow to the left of the guy at the door made it easier for the eye to wander about the surface, and making the red door taller allows it to be read more as a door and less as some kind of mirror or painting. suggestions of a black metal railing and stairs on the lower left make the space in the composition work better. the triangular areas of light above the male figure at the door add a nice touch of geometry, playing off the lights & shadows below.
but i’m not there yet, so let’s see what tomorrow brings.
