i made some small but critical additions to watercolor/collage 153 & 154, then started watercolor/collage 155, also based on photos i shot of the new couches being set up 2 days ago. a lighter touch and more spare compositions characterize all three of these.
BELOW, top row: on the left is watercolor/collage 153 as it looked yesterday; on the right you can detect a few additions in the figure on the left. and on the bottom row is watercolor/collage 154, where you’ll see some changes to the figure on the left and around the plants. they are minor additions, but important to the balance of the overall composition.
once i completed the above tweaks, i strated work on watercolor/collage 155. i have mixed feelings about using a photos of figures that’s not shot from above, since that’s what really turns me on. at the last minute i added a passage from 153 & 154: the figure on the right (mikela) with the red door frame. the two guys arranging the new couches are wearing masks & gloves, and the view out the windows is of the san luis valley, looking west. a few marks have been collaged onto the figures, removing them one step from a naturalistic portrayal.