Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Finally Getting an Idea

I have been commissioned by my son and his fiance to do a painting of the tropics.  Ok, so that's no big deal.  But the fact that they asked was enough encouragement for me, and I have been working on the project with considerable care.

The paint will be one of their favorite places, an idyllic albeit generic Carribean beach.  I finally had a small painted sketch of what I wanted to do last week.  Since, I have been playing with different types of pigments and have decided, once again, to venture another underpainting and layer the paint until I have achieved the effect I want.  Part of that is that although the sketch I did was satisfactory, it lacked the luminence of the ocean there.  It is a tall order they have given me.  I have no idea if I will pull it off, but, armed with my new selection of transparent pigments, I am off tonight on another painting adventure.

I have a sign here at my desk which says. "Do one thing every day that scares you."  This scares me.

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