1:29 pm: today i made a small watercolor on a watercolor block i had purchased years ago at the now defunct NY CENTRAL SUPPLY, which was acquired by JERRY’S ARTARAMA, an online art supply site..
“cobble” on day 4, 9/21/08 creek watercolor /
cobble, 32x38” oil & collage on linen, as she looked moments ago following intensive collaging
12:31 PM: i’ve been going to sleep pretty early and getting up earlier and earlier. today i was up at 3 am and am still going strong! so i resumed work on cobble, with which i wasn’t too happy about following my last round of work. so here’s how she looked moments ago, following some collaging and the introduction of black in the upper quadrant.
9/21/08 11:40 am creek watercolor, 3 1/2x11”
9:47 AM: i was doing some cleanup in my studio and came across this plein air creek watercolor from 2008, which i’m now posting.
PLANET WILD VIDEO / wobble completed / cobble-day 2 /
cobble, 32x38 oil on linen, as she looked moments ago
11:40 AM: yesterday afternoon i made my final adjustments to wobble, which is now a completed painting.
this morning, i continued work of day 2 of cobble, which has the same dimensions as wobble: 32x38” and incorporates some of the same dancing figures, as well as the plaid shirted walking figure who appears in many recent paintings. i started out with drawings; some in oil pastel or crayon, graduating to oils. then i began adding grey, green and yellow surrounding the figures and the hints of creekscape. everything was then scraped over with a large palette knife, creating unexpected and unplanned swishes of color.
this is a 12 minute youtube video mikela sent me to watch this morning, i highly recommend watching it! https://youtu.be/m_SzuUHXP1M?si=sDA2ObStK-6Q6chS
wobble, 32x38” oil on linen, completed
continued work on "wobble" / starting “cobble” /
cobble, 32x38” oil on linen, on day one.
3:30 PM: this afternoon, after completing revisions of wobble, i launched into a companion piece: cobble. it’s a drawing in oil right now, and i’ll take it further tomorrow, wednesday…or is it cobbleday?
wobble, 38x32” oil on linen, as she looked following this morning’s modifications
1:01 PM: i received some excellent and very perceptive feedback this morning, which helped me to make some critical modifications to wobble this morning. i slightgly lightened the greys in the central portion of the composition and made important changes to the figure of th emale dancer in the upper right.
i finally feel ready to move on to a new paining, which will have the same dimensions as wobble: 38x32”
"wobble" on day 5 /
wobble, 38×32” oil on linen, following a late afternoon scraping.
the version before my late afternoon scraping is on the LEFT
4:19 PM: after returning to the house in the snow, i realized i had to go BACK to my studio in order to lighten what i did earlier.
wobble, 38x32” oil on linen, following the introduction of warm grey this morning
12:07 PM: big changes today, after introducing a warm grey which now envelopes all the figures as well as tweaks to the 3 dancers on the bottom
BELOW: yesterday’s version is on the left
"wobble" on day 4 /
wobble, 32x38”, oil on linen as she looked following the introduction of a new dancer in the upper right
3:18 PM: today i added a dancing figure in pink, surrounded by green, on the upper right corner of the composition. at the moment, galcing at it from about 25 feet, it works; meaning that it enlivens and enriches the painting.
"wobble" on day 3 /
wobble, 32x38” oil on linen, as she looked after taking out a lot of what i did today. scroll down to see the earlier version.
on second thought……before leaving for the day and while the paint was still fresh, i took out a lot of what i did today, and i think it’s a better painting now. still more to do tomoorow though…
wobble, 38x32” oil on linen, as she looked at the end of my painitng day today
2:43 PM: i continued work on wobble today. i may have done too much & might need to take some out tomorrow. i’ll know when i come in tomorrow morning.
wobble, 38x30" on day 2 /
wobble, 38x30” oil on linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day
2:16 PM: yesterday i sterted wobble with a drawing on the 38x30” canvas. todya i took her further, adding color to and around some of the figures. pink dominates right now, with greens, blues, yellow and purple. i’m taking the discoveries i made in the previous painting: cycladic revelry, to another level.
collaging yesterdays breakfast drawing /
stage 6 of 12-2-24 drawing/collage, 4×6” mixed media & collage on paper
1:31 PM: i don’t think i’ve ever done this much work and made this many changes to a 4x6” piece! what you sse here is stage 6 of what’s turning out to be an all day process!
yesterdays breakfast drawing, 4x6” following the collaging i did this morning
8:56 AM: this morning, while having my breakfast in the studio, i added some collaging to yesterdays breakfast drawing, which i was finding a bit too congested.
cycladic revery, day 4 / late afternoon drawing / wadaiko, 32x42" newly hung in our entryway /
2:33 PM: before leaving the studio for the day, i made another 6x4” drawing in colored pencil & watercolor while sitting at my desk.
cycladic revelry, 32x32” oil on linen, as she looked at noon today
12:24 PM: i continued work on cycladic revery. the biigest change i made is to the 2 figures on the lower right, which were confusing to the eye. so i removed one, painting over her with the same green i used for the background. fortunately, i saved some in a small container, as it would have been impossible to recreate.
the dancer with outstretched arms now had yellow pants, and there’s some patterning in the blue above.
10:18 AM: a few minutes ago i brought wadaiko over to the house & hung it in our entryway. it looks happy in it’s new home.
wadaiko 32x42’ oil on linen, completed 11/27/24