Sunday, March 13, 2022

cats eye done and alley one


 Did a little work on the eye, just sloshed around some very wet paint almost randomly and stopped when it looked pretty good at the moment.  Sometimes I think you have this very important part of a painting and so it needs to be really worked over, but sometimes its best to just get it good enough and then perk up the background to give it a contrast to make it pop.  Anyway that is what I am thinking this morning,

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Here is something new, no drawing on the paper, not much attention to the grid, just slapping down the indigo and sepia and hoping somehow the alley will appear.  So far it's fun.

6 comments:

  1. Great color on that eye. Lots of mystery- the eye itself is like a painting within a painting. Good start on the alley.

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  2. The eye is magnificent. There's something about that eye that makes you wonder what (s)he's thinking or seeing. It's feels like it belongs in a movie and something strange and spooky is happening around that cat. I can't stop looking and wondering.
    Love the atmosphere in the alley. Indigo and sepia, huh? I may have to try some sepia if it gives those kinds of results.

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  3. and what's new on the horizon?

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