I decided to photograph the progress of this painting and it turned out to be a valuable experience. I usually apply the hot encaustic paint while the painting is flat on the table and fuse it with the torch. When I put it on an easel, I get a whole other view of it.
At the end of each painting session, when I think the painting might be finished. I hang the work on a wall in a sun flooded hall that I can see from my desk and the living room.
Each day, as time passed into evening, I felt uncomfortable about the painting. I could then review the work of the previous days in the saved photos and see where I had made improvements or really messed up.
I had gotten to the point where I posted the painting with the medallion on my fan page and website, but still felt an uneasiness about it.
Wednesday and Thursday a few artists visited me in the studio and I asked there opinion about this painting. All three of them went right to the weak spot. I had added a textured small circle to the middle of it and it just wasn't working. Today, I got rid of that spot and enhanced some of the color.
What do you think?
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| Out damned spot! |
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| This was about the third or fourth day |
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| 2nd day |
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| End of the first day. Hardly the same painting |
I like it better without the spot too. Maybe if the spot were placed off center it would have worked. Not sure. Colors are great on this one-muted and yet vibrant at the same time.
ReplyDeleteRight. The spot either needed to be much bigger, or not at all. The not at all worked.
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