2:15 PM: i had thought i’d start something new today, but it’s actually fitting that i do that tomorrow, the first day of the new year. there were a few small but significant tweaks i wanted to make today, to w-cup 1 and skateboarder dancing, which was last worked on december 18th.
the area of w-cup 1 that needed tweaking was the skateboarder’s hands, face & red shoes, as well as the rectangular window-like form above his head, to which i added a touch more of light blue. a thin stripe of the same light blue was also added to the dark blue rectangle on the lower right. but i believe the most obvious improvement was to the hands.
if you compare the 12/18 version in the photo on the left BELOW with the one on the right, following my tweaks, you can see for yourselves.
the photo BELOW on the left was taken on december 18th. on the right you see the painting following today’s tweaks. just to the right of the skateboarder there was a curved orange shape within a curved red shape. both had black drawings. after gazing at this painting every day since december 18th, or almost two weeks, i concluded that what i took out today was seriously detracting from the integrity of the overall composition.
i knew something was off, and it took that long for me to zero in on the problem area.
