2:24 PM: can’t seem to complete this one. here’s the latest iteration, which is a definite improvement. i removed the collaged map piece and lo, an octopus has appeared!
can i please move on to pompeiian reverie II?? it’s getting kinda late & we need to be at a meeting at 4, so this might be it for the day.
a few more tweaks before moving on to pompeiian reverie II.
if you compare this version with the one below, which i posted earlier today, the main difference you’ll find is in the upper central portion of the composition. i collaged a blue piece of map, then painted some blue marks on top of it.
in addition, i gave more light to the eye of the grey fish below.
pompeiian reverie I as it looked moments ago
12:36 PM: fresh from my magnificent morning massage, i went back in to pompeiian reverie I, after wiping out the human figures i had put in yesterday. they simply didn’t work at all in the composition.
so now, it’s all sea creatures, all the way. some are painted in, others just outlines, creating playful negative spaces in an already brim-full compositin. the greens i added yesterday on instinct, reallly work well, and balance out the domnant oranges and siennas. another good move, i believe, is the light blue i applied to the left portion yesterday.
so i’m liking it as is, and i’ll move on now to pompeiian reverie II, most of which i wiped out as well yesterday afternoon.