1PM: those lines i added an hour ago weren’t working. they were from my head and not my gut. so i took most of them out, extended the yellow a bit further up & i’m calling it a day. seems crazy to me, but after a few hours i’m feeling almost as bad as i did right after i bit my cheek & caused the wound. i’m just going to have to be patient, rest a lot, take tylenol & apply ice, which does help quite a bit. so i cleaned my brushes, which i forgot to do yesterday, and will head back to the house as soon as i post this.
on a positive note, i’m finding this one interesting. first off, for now at least, it has transcended the previous 10 versions of the jazz series. it’s neither a grouping of figues on a white ground, or a grey ground. the patterns on the singer’s dress; the yellow area at the top; the green surrounding the bird; the pink to the right of the walking figure; the purple shadow he’s casting and the blue on the far right combine to help create a composition that is both less austere and contains more movement and musicality. we watched the bee gee documentary last night, and this is more like the unique harmony they created together, that could only emerge from such a tight knit family.
BELOW: 4 stages of jazz 11
jazz 11 as it looked moments ago, after about an hour of work
BELOW: the painting at about 11:15 is on the left, and on the right, moments ago
12:15 PM: i’m still experiencing the after effects of my cheek bite, so i had to stop and apply ice. here’s where it’s currently at, and i’ll know in a little while whether i can continue or have to go back to the house & lie down.
jazz 11 35x37”/89x94 cm. oil on linen, as it looked following my first round of painting this morning
10:50 AM: mikela had to leave for school this morning at 8, which means i needed to be ready by then, and as a result i got a welcome early start in the studio. i was able to do a bit more on the new jazz 11, which at the end of my painting day yesterday had only a blue patterned bird. i wasn’t sure i’d be able to keep it without painting over it, but so far, there he/she is, looking about confused by all that he/she is surrounded with!