facing it

Back in the studio after a couple of weeks' holiday... starting with some little things like these portraits which I have never really liked. Was intending to pull the canvas off and re-use the stretchers, but then decided to try painting over first.

before:



and after:




an older self-portrait to which I added the city:




and some small change to this one:

3 job-free days

All that paint will be wet for awhile, so today I aim to build some stretchers, and maybe stitch a new canvas. Then back to the job for 5 days.

City Sketch #10

oil on canvas
12 x 18"

Interplay

stitched:


first paint layer:


today's progress:

thick paint!

Not having a printer at home, I could not print this photo today to have at the studio for reference, but it was my memory's inspiration for the following new starts:




10 x 10"


9 x 12"


12 x 18"

ideas, ideas...

Dream Weavers

What formerly looked like this:


Now looks like this:


Perhaps finished, at least very close.

The colours come out really nice when it's lying down flat - for some reason it doesn't look nearly as good when it's hanging on the wall! Yeah, ok, lighting direction & all, but most other works haven't shown this much difference.