Productivity in the midst of wretchedness.

Be still my beating heart, two new paintings planned. A still life and landscape. I'll do the still life first. You probably can't make it out from this photo but there is much confusion about what colours go where. I have very little idea what colours to use and for me this is an interesting state of affairs. I know I don't want bright and cheerful colours because I do not feel bright and cheerful. The truth be known I felt rather wretched this week. Now I think about it last week wasn't great either. The colours are probably going to be subdued, sombre and cold. My sulky disposition has chosen my palette for me. Painting is never difficult, just go with your gut.





This blog writing is a lot easier than I thought it would be. The important thing is to do it in a cafe with a nice cup of coffee. There is nothing more calculated to dry up the writing juices than sitting back in the flat in front of the computer with the intention of writing a blog. It needs to be impromptu. This means I sacrifice things like quality
and professionalism but at least I write something even if it does have a certain rambling quality. I also dictate to Siri which, as you can imagine, makes me immensely popular in quiet cafes.
I sketched out an idea for the landscape. I then transported to sketch onto some canvas. The design changed radically. Not sure what to do, I'll sleep on it.

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