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Week 6, Day 7


Week 6 complete.

Moving Forward
18" x 24"
ink and acrylic on paper
(2015)

Week 6, Day 6


No matter how much I do it never seems like enough. I always feel like I should be doing more. 


I’m always wondering if less is more or more is more, and if the truth is that it is both. Sometimes the answer is less, sometimes the answer is more, and some how you need to figure out when to hold back and when to keep pushing.


 I really like simple answers, I think most people do it’s just I come across so few simple answers that I often wonder if the even exist.

Week 6, Day 5


I suppose I didn’t really consider that I would end up writing almost everyday when I started this 52 Week project but it sort of seems like I am.


As a result I have found myself not knowing how much to write along with these daily posts and, more importantly what to write about? Do I write about my process, or do I write about my thoughts? Do I write about what I’m doing, or do I write about why?


The answer, which is an excellent answer by the way, granted it is followed with an appropriate qualifier at the end is, I don’t know. The appropriate qualifier is, but let me find out.


As much as hope the consistent creation of new work to help become a better artist I also hope that the consistent attempt to write about these things will make me a better communicator.

Week 6, Day 4


Hard to believe I’m already on week 6. It’s going by pretty quickly. It’s funny that the more I feel like I should know what I am doing the less I actually seem to know what I am doing. I’m sort of counting on that not being completely true otherwise I’m in a bit of trouble.


There is a part of me that feels like pressing onward is the best way to sort things out. I suppose the idea here is that as you move forward less important things sort of fall to the wayside like panning for gold.


The trouble is that I don’t actually know if that is true or not and the only way it seems you might be able to come to some sort of conclusion on that matter would be to try it for a time, not a short time either.


I don’t think a day; a week or a month would cut it. I’m actually not even sure a year would quite do the trick but I suppose it would be enough the get a sense of whether or not you were on to something.


Well, I should certainly hope so.

Week 6, Day 1

 
White paper. Sometimes first steps don't look like much on the outside and just as often they don't feel like much on the inside but no one would get anywhere without them.

Week 5, Day 7


A blow dryer is a handy tool to have around. I bought this one at the thrift store over a decade ago and it's still running.


I'm enjoying the view from this window.

 


Week 5 complete.

Trying To Start Something
18" x 24"
ink and acrylic on paper (2015)

Week 5, Day 6


Pencil and ink.


Line work.


Take a step back.


Build up.


Smooth out.


Small window.


Nearing the end.

Week 5, Day 3


Working this way starts to take on it’s own momentum after a while. Knowing  you have committed yourself to doing something sometimes allows you to ignore the ebbs and flows of what you feel like doing and locks you into a mode of getting things done simply because they need to be done. It often feels like your riding a wave and you need to really lean in so you don’t fall off.  This is not always a bad thing, in fact it’s usually a good thing although a tiring one.


I like this idea and I’m looking forward to seeing what comes of it. I started out this week with the notion of playing more with abstractions but I ended up here. Four days to go.

Week 5, Day 1


Another week, another blank sheet. It's a shame that the earliest stages are so boring but you have to start somewhere.


There's something here. 

Week 4, Day 7


Building up.


Blocking in


Color tests.


Layering.


Brush work.


Details.


Pulling up.


Making it official.

Week 4 complete.

In 3 Parts
18" x 24"
ink and acrylic on paper (2015)

Week 4, Day 5


I don't know how many times you have to do something that you don't really want to do until you finally stop doing it, but apparently four times is not enough. Here I am again with two days left to finish this weeks endeavor. I had already decided that I need to get this to the point where I am now about mid week so I would have enough room near the end to breath and really develop things. Well, not this week. Live and learn into infinity.


A lot to do the next two days among other things. Hang in there me.

Week 4, Day 4

The last round of scribbling, time to move on to the final approach. I'm not sure why but it was hard to even get this to this phase. I've been dealing with some kind of bug the last few weeks and my head has not been all there so perhaps that's it. Who knows. Sometimes things are easy, sometimes things are hard. I'm sort of over having a preference between the two. 

 

Week 4, Day 3


I've been messing around with this idea  trying to find a way to revisit it in some way that interests me but I'm not having much luck with it. If something doesn't click by tomorrow I'm scraping it or at the very least putting it on the back burner and starting over.