musician & goldfish, 35x26” oil on portrait linen, as she looked following this mornin’s tweaks
ABOVE: before & after this morning’s tweaks
11:25 AM:the black above the head of the guitarist was too dominant, so i painted over it and extended the circular pattern to the left of the guitarist. i’ll sit with it as i start a new one today and see how i feel at the end of the day. right now, i’m thinking that my tweak worked, and your eye can roam about the composition without getting stuck on that black above his head. if you click on the before & after images above, you’ll get a sense of what i’m talking about; what do you think?
jeff plays guitar, pencil on paper, march, 2005, 9x12”
10:20 AM: i was going through an old drawing book yesterday afternoon and came across this 2005 drawing of our old friend Jeff playing guitar in our house. it was indeed wonderful having the house resound with live music!