So, as usual it's oil on paper on hardboard. It measures 16" x 20" and palette-wise is one of the lighter pieces I've worked on in quite some time. Can't exactly say that about its tone, though.
What would be cool is if I went back and created an animated gif of the painting coming together. Yeah — all twelve steps in one image. That would be sweet. But right now that's just not going to happen. I've got too much on my plate. Instead, you'll just have to flip through the dozen previous posts really quickly and pretend. Sorry.
You know, not having this piece to talk about will be a bit of a letdown now. I'm going to have to dig a bit deeper than I've had to the last couple weeks to provide content. Hopefully whatever ends up filling the void will be worthwhile content, but who's to say?
Anyway, I should get back to work. I've still got 9 out of 11 pieces to go, all due at the end of the month, and as much as I'd like them to, they won't finish themselves... which is why I need a helper monkey. Unfortunately, said monkey would probably just throw stuff around and make a mess. I doubt a whole lot would actually get done as the monkey would obviously be hurling things about while I chased after it, cleaning up as I went. No painting or drawing getting done there. So I guess a helper monkey is a bad idea. At the very least, it's certain that I'd have virtually no time to babble on like this. I mean, even if it worked out just think how long it would take to train the monkey. I'm sure it would come partially trained, but I'd have to teach it the nuances of how I work, and such. Even were the monkey a patient one, I'm sure I'd stretch that patience to its very limits (as I often due with humans) and I'm pretty sure that that would still end with me wiping the walls and scrubbing the carpet. So yeah. I need to just accept the helper monkey thing as being ill advised and move forward with getting the work done, myself.
Right. On with it then.
The helper money bit just made me laugh quite loudly -- I think I woke up the cats. Great post and cool image. Hope to see you at Spectrum. K2
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll be there. Unless something goes horribly awry. If I miss it, all this stress will have been for nothing!
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Great piece Steve. It was fun to watch this come together and get some insight into your process. as it is VERY different from my own, it was doubly entertaining! As far as an animated gif goes... check your mailbox. ;)
ReplyDeleteDude, that's ridiculous that you just did that for me. Thanks a TON. It'll go up first thing tomorrow!
DeleteAlso, this doesn't entirely reflect my process as it tends to change from piece to piece. Sometimes I approach things far more holistically, other times I paint things up like a fresco. It's weird, I know, but I've got a weird attention span thing and if I don't keep changing things up, I get really bored, really quickly.
One thing's for sure, if I'm going to get the 30x40 piece I have planned done by May, I'm going to have to work a little bit faster...and use bigger brushes!
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You need the Helper Monkey 2.0. Not only does it not need training, it also syncs nicely with your Macbook.
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