3:47 PM: i just had to keep going with this one! so in the past hour, i made some additions and changes that i think brought home what i was envisioning.
it’s coherent and delicious. delicious, you ask? that’s what i get as i gaze at it right now. all the marks tingle. all the colors sing.
BEFORE & AFTER
2:17 PM: i’m probably putting more time intonthis little gouache/watercolor than any previous painting with these dimensions. but i just keep getting drawn in! so here’s a comparative view of how it looked yesterday and what it looks like after today’s work.
most of the white spaces have been filled in, creating a denser but more lively composition. some of the richness of the greek orthodox tradition comes through. the intricacy of the alter, with it’s variety of patterning allowed me to engage in a bonnard or vuillard-like playfulness.
i may actually go back to it now, at the end of my painting day, and see what happens.
