On Saturday, my honey wasn’t feeling well. ![Sad smile](//lh3.ggpht.com/-2jIR9rg4uds/UT4RRB4IE-I/AAAAAAAAOI4/5Zow-F26xCc/wlEmoticon-sadsmile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800)
I was bummed for him, and myself as well.
It was a really beautiful day, and I wanted to get out.
But I really didn’t feel like going out alone.
So instead, I went in as my honey rested.
With a window open in the studio, good tunes on Pandora radio, and sunshine streaming in,
I took a 20X20” canvas and went in
to wherever my intuitive artist wanted to go…
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I got to this point and really liked what was happening.
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Then I added the purple here and felt like I had ruined it somehow !
Especially in that upper left section. Too dark. The spring feeling was gone.
Suddenly, I hated the thing !
Argh…
Time for a good break.
Brushes washed, kitties skritched,
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and a late afternoon nap with my man
and I was able to come back to the painting in the evening and complete it.
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I didn’t take photos of the process as it was pretty dark in the studio, but I gessoed over a lot of the piece, and then went in with the cobalt blue/purple color, lots of detail stuff with white and black acrylic ink,
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and brought the painting to where it felt finished.
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Now I am much happier with it !
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“Sprung” – acrylic on canvas, 20X20”
Luckily, David was feeling better on Sunday and we went for a scenic drive along the seacoast. We saw a lot of damage from last week’s storm where the high waves breeched the sea walls.
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(crazy waves and kooky couples in North Hampton)
The Rock Fairy beaches still have some rocks but very little sand left.
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(Swan couple in Jenness, NH)
Then we drove on to Kittery, Maine to hit some of the outlet stores and did a little bit of retail therapy.
It was a sweet afternoon and did both David and I a lot of good.
Oh yeah…
I also stopped at Michaels on the way home and bought another 20X20” gallery wrapped canvas on sale for 50% off…
More intuitive exploration to come !
Hope your week is off to a good start too, Beautiful Ones !
Big Love !