still life with refugees, 42x42” as it looked just now, after adding the green bits in the center & lower right.
3:25 PM: i introduced a bit of green, which i knew was needed; i just didn’t have the gut feeling of where in the composition it needed to be, and i din’t want to force it. when i start painting earlyier in the day, i don’t think at all about what i’m going to do, but when it gets to be 3, not so much. it’s just a small amount of green, which however makes a big difference to the harmony of the composition.
BELOW: before (left) and afer adding the green; see what i mean?
still life with refugees, 42x42” oil & collage on linen, as it looked following todays session.
2:14 PM: the central portion of the composiiton was screwing up the works. using mostly warm greys and blues, i collaged over and then painted into that area, allowing ones eye to move more freely over the composition, which can still be considered a figurative abstraction. i pointed out the figures yesterday, and they remain the same, although i did put shoes on the guy doing a handstand, as well as giving a bit more definition to his hands.