BELOW: windows 1 before (left) & after todays changes
2:44 PM: after removing the beard of the crouching window repair figure yesterday, i did more work on his colorful shirt, his arms & trousers. as it turns out, i did too much on the shirt, so before leaving the studio today, i went back in & took out a lot of what i did. tomorrow morning i’ll go back in to tk red outline on top.he shirt, restore what was there and remove the dar
i found a watercollage from october 12th, which was originally painted plein air, on site at the creek.some parts of the composition were bugging me, so i went back into it and made radical changes form the original, using oil pastels, collaged maps, colored pencils & charcoal.
in looking at the before & after images, i feel that the rework today created a far better piece, with a more coherent and compelling composition.
BELOW: 10/12/22 watercolor/collage before (left) & after todays re-work.