They say it takes 2 people to make a painting- the person painting it and someone to tell them to stop.
That kind of happened today and it really was perfect timing.
I went up to 96th street on the west side and found a good spot.
While painting I mostly got in my own way. Too much thinking. Had to remove and re-do the entire right side of the painting. Am struggling with eyes but the sun was not glaring down which made it a little easier.
Right at 2 hours in an old man (80s, he told me) came over to chat. He told me I am amazing which I really appreciated because I wasn't feeling amazing. There are some really cool elderly New Yorkers around and I like when they stop by to say hello.
So anyhow he stopped by right when I really needed to stop painting and so the timing was perfect.
We chatted for several minutes.
Daylight was fading and the light on my panel was dim so I had no idea what the painting actually looked like:
That kind of happened today and it really was perfect timing.
I went up to 96th street on the west side and found a good spot.
While painting I mostly got in my own way. Too much thinking. Had to remove and re-do the entire right side of the painting. Am struggling with eyes but the sun was not glaring down which made it a little easier.
Right at 2 hours in an old man (80s, he told me) came over to chat. He told me I am amazing which I really appreciated because I wasn't feeling amazing. There are some really cool elderly New Yorkers around and I like when they stop by to say hello.
So anyhow he stopped by right when I really needed to stop painting and so the timing was perfect.
We chatted for several minutes.
Daylight was fading and the light on my panel was dim so I had no idea what the painting actually looked like:
I thought it might be a disaster. No way of knowing until I got home.
But the evening was just so nice and i felt like walking so I went all the way down Central Park West from 96th to 59th st, then walked across Central Park South to get the train home. It was the perfect time and weather to walk and absorb the city.
But the evening was just so nice and i felt like walking so I went all the way down Central Park West from 96th to 59th st, then walked across Central Park South to get the train home. It was the perfect time and weather to walk and absorb the city.
The clouds were pink.
I passed AMNH and thought of Drusilla.
And then when I went home I looked at the painting.
It is not my best effort but also not the complete disaster I was anticipating.
What I need is to return to yellow ochre.
I have been using only cadmium yellow and it is too.... yellow. I prefer yellow ochre for variation in my greens.
It is not my best effort but also not the complete disaster I was anticipating.
What I need is to return to yellow ochre.
I have been using only cadmium yellow and it is too.... yellow. I prefer yellow ochre for variation in my greens.
6x8 oil
Vision Stuffs:
I am still being patient.
It feels like a whole lifetime has passed since surgery.
Colors look different through my new lens.... everything is very slightly less yellow.
As we age our eye lenses do yellow, and my new lens is clear (with UV protection!) so whites are brighter. It's very subtle but I do notice it. So now my color vision will never go yellow... one less thing to worry about!
Today I took the subtle color perception test again, which I always get a perfect score on,
(Apparently I am a tetrachromat and have four types of cones for color perception.)
The good news is that I'm still getting perfect color perception scores.
So just waiting for the other weird stuff to settle.
I really like this painting. I like the bright light in it. It makes the painting lively and give a subject in the painting. Nice!
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Absolutely love the foliage on your trees! Glad to hear the eye is improving.
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