If anyone wished to do a link exchange and has a painting or art related blog or website I am willing. Just leave a comment.
Old broken links, as well as links that were supposed to be linking back to this site and were not have been removed. New links will be added within the next few weeks.
Also, trying out another layout, looking for something less rounded.
Haven’t been putting much work into my painting endeavors as of late. I’ve been allowing my life, and the problems associated with it to creep in and take out all of my typical passions lately. I haven’t much played music or painted for the past few months.
My parents divorce has hit me harder than I ever would have imagined it would. I thought, incorrectly, that since I no longer lived with my parents that it would overall not have a major impact on my psyche. However, it has greatly strained my family ties. It’s something that is getting better with time. Yet, I still find it very difficult to work it out.
I did manage to finish this painting last week sometime. As usual I really feel my camera skills blow and it has overexposed the picture, washed out the darks, and shifted the entire thing yellow. The color shift is, I have no doubt, from the lighting at the time. Good old CFLs may save the environment and lower my electric bill but they have awful color shifting. Unless you get balanced ones, but they’re too expensive to use in every light in a home.
I’m yet again attempting to rededicate myself to painting in a more major way. I realize I am also setting myself up for failure as I’ll be gone this next weekend visiting some relatives but perhaps I can get myself at least posting on here weekly again? Time will tell. I have no illusions of setting timetables this time.
I’m going to restart by taking inventory of what I’ve accumulated since I last actually looked at the entire lot of supplies and still-life implements I’ve gathered. I’ll actually post photos of all the stuff as well. Should at least help me generate some new ideas on how to tie in vanitas and my current life. (I’ve got some already but I want to go more in depth with the feelings of my next still-life. Perhaps dealing with my parents divorce.)
Further I’m hoping to again attempt some plein air work this summer. (I almost wrote spring but it’s already over…) This stuff might not get posted, I’m not that great at outdoor, uncontrolled environments. We’ll see.
