12:59 PM: as I began expanding study #1 for olympic celebration series this morning, which currently looks like this BELOW, I glanced at studies 2 & 3 & felt drawn to do make changes to them.
study #1 for olympic celebration as it looked moments ago, after® beginning work on the right portion
so I started with study#2, creating patterning on his shirt & pants , filling in the flesh tones on his arms and finally adding a few collaged elements, treating it more like a composition and less like an illustration. then I proceeded to do something similar with study# 1, adding some checkered patterning to his pant leg, then adding some collaged elements to his right. so now this one too is more of a composition, lees of an illustration, and gives some indication of what may happen when I get to the larger oils.
i’m beginning to see this as a project that may extend over more time than I had at first thought; perhaps through the winter & into the spring.
3:23 PM: ps: just before leaving the studio half an hour ago, as i’m in the habit of doing, i made a change. i added a collaged piece of an old oil paper palette to the upper right area of study #2 for my olympic celebration series, which you see BELOW on the left. as with my changes to study #3, when i cast a sudden glance at it, i was able to see it with fresh eyes, as a total composition rather than as an acrobat standing on his hands. this action resulted in an unplanned, unexpected negative space just to the right of his yellow shirt, which balances the space to the left.
