Well, I’m utterly miserable. Probably a result of the excess of whiskey on Tuesday night. Jeez, what a furkin’ dope I can be, sometimes!
It’s a gorgeous sunny day. And I feel like a stinky turf on someone’s smelly old shoe. Horrid!
Chester’s pestering for food has been really annoying me. So much so I’ve shut him out several times, to let me get on with Dad’s painting.
That seems to be going a bit better, in part. Specifically the bottom half. I introduced the ‘keys’ in the arched piano portion of the design. In near primary colours: red, yellow green and blue.
Some black and white line work, with acrylic pens has also helped focus things a bit. But I still feel a long ways from happy with this…
I have a few ideas… and, in true jazz style, it’s all about improv’.
Hmmm!? I think this is finally starting to hang together a bit better. Due to immense simplification. Somewhat to my own surprise, going almost black n’ white in the top half, has really helped.
Dialling down the noise and complexity is key, as well. I’d like to work towards arriving at more bold simplicity quicker. Rather than via the slightly tortuous layering I often currently resort to.
MUCH LATER…
Oh my God… I can’t stop ‘worriting’ this image! I’ve fiddled around with editing it on my iPhone a few times now. The above is the latest example of that.
I’m almost starting to like the upper half more than the lower half now. Hmmm!? Where on Earth (or Saturn?) is this thing headed?
As it nears midnight, I have to stop, and get some sleep. But I feel I am finally getting somewhere.