01/12/24
It’s been a long weekend - no studio but that is understandable considering the circumstances. Adjust / Adapt.
SURPRISE SURPRISE!!
03/12/24
… application? Glutton for punishment?
04/12/24
Focus! F and A. That is all that matters! The rest is bullshit.
08/12/24
Studio! Part 1. ‘M.C.’ facial tones - hair detail. (Purples / Greens?)
Timely progress on commission. Baby steps - not getting too carried away.
Started well on ‘moss piece’. Think the texture will work well - albeit awkward to get detail and control the paint in the really layered elements.
12/12/24
Has the penny finally dropped? Hopeful that it has. Over Christmas, take a look at [redacted]. Why not!
13/12/24
Submitted!
18/12/24
Didn’t get the P.P. opportunity. But as S. says, it was a strong application so I’m proud of it regardless of the outcome.
22/12/24
Keep forgetting that December is usually a write off - when everything else is taken into consideration.
23/12/24
NT5’s gave an idea. snippets / stills from videos taken out of context. There’s something here (not literally I hope). +
25/12/24
26/12/24
It’s been a month and a half! Art has taken a back seat. There’s plenty to be doing, just zero time to do it. This has been largely out of my control lately.
BUT - in saying that…
When it IS in my control, it is making sure that I’m getting the most out of it.
Energy Levels.
27/12/24
Carving time. Need to get on top of these fatigue levels. Certain points of the day, I could easily pass out and I have caught myself sleeping not long after waking up several times.
Get to the bottom of it.
28/12/24
RDH’s are all well and good - keeping stock of where I was to help where I'm going. But what if, in the new year, at the start of the month, a list was made for that coming month. A target list. Things like:
works to start / finish (setting deadlines)
upcoming application opportunities
Continued in diary.
29/12/24
Last studio day of the year probably.
Top tone - violet yet still dark.
“…embracing darkness as a tool to shed light on something.”
Hank Willis Thomas (on the ‘A Brush with…’ podcast)
