Clarifying 3 and exploring 1. This were originally the set of collage challenge paintings, with not so much collage still visible. For the first one I added a new bit of homemade collage paper just yesterday though. Having worked on this series for so long, I now finally have a feel that the first 3 of them are heading to where I want them to be.
The play continues, I have applied a cooler glaze on 3 of the set of 7. So, totally so far I have 3 warm, 3 cool, and for the last one I muted down the purple with transparent iron oxide yellow, to have one more neutral as well. Soon the exploration can begin, but first some sanding on all 7 paintings.
I have been playing further on this set of 7, I absolutely had planned to use a photo as inspiration before starting to paint, but suddenly I had started to paint without any picture to inspire me at all. Well, they are early stages so it’s not too late, I guess I need to hold my horses sometimes…