periscope 78x23”/ 198x58cm. as it looked at the end of my painting day today.
after bringing back the plants, i went over the entire composition with a light ochre, then drew into it with thick oil pastel sticks. there are now 2 figures; one a reclining woman; the other is just a suggestion of a figure. red flowers have appeared, and the underlying composition peeks through, as with benaki vista. there’s something about this stage that brings to mind japanese scrolls. the composition is, without question, more unified than in the previous stage.
12:53 PM: gotta leave in 20 minutes to go pick up our 2 plants, which someone who holding for us & watering while we were in greece.
this morning i stretched benaki vista on the stretcher bars i ordered for it. then i dove back in to periscope, collaging some pieces of a seattle map and a few other pieces of paper with a sketch of the painting’s dimensions.
it’s still too busy for my taste, but it’ll shape up.
laytah….gotta run…