On the road

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Night Watch

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Weird space plant doodle

This was an artistic journey - not a trip to a distant land.  My WIP of last week morphed into this kind of abstract lady with 2 birds and a tree.  I used old Somerset Studio pages to collage the hair and part of the birds.  Truly a mixed media adventure with paper, acrylic paints of all kinds (Golden fluid, silks,etc), PanPastels, ink and pencil.  The underpainting was originally red and then I added the white you saw last week.  There were some incredibly strange stages during the journey (I think of what I looked like in middle school).  I meant to take pictures of all the stages - but left my camera downstairs and didn't want to stop the flow.  What I like - that I was able to be more bold and use very contrasting colors (not all earth tones); don't know how I feel about the finished work - it is what it is.  I think I am pleased with the abstract qualities.  I will have to live with it a while to figure it out.

Still working on the research for all I need to reopen my shop - in case you think this is overkill - I have done this 2 or 3 times before and not been prepared for the work and had to shut down. I have also been sketching more little women and preparing ATC backgrounds.  I will be open in the next couple of weeks - that is all the pressure I will put on myself!!!

Under the painting is a strange plant doodle I started a while back and found in my sketch book last night.  I decided to finish it and color some parts with Copic markers.  As always - this was a relaxing exercise and a reminder that weird can be a good thing!!!  Linking with Paint Party Friday - go and view the wonderful online weekly gallery run as always by the fabulous Eva and Kristin.  Thanks so much for stopping by - have a blessed and art filled weekend.