My husband pronounced this “dark.” Good. That means I’m on track with the mood and delivery.
Anyone who makes art knows there’s withdrawal and cranky if a project is interrupted 
or we don’t make art for any length of time. I couldn’t get back to this one for a couple of days and was scared I couldn’t find the juju that initiated the effort in the first place. The first few minutes of fondling color and the grumpy smoothed out in preliminary experiments with color and value.
Some people use worry stones. Some knock back a few stiff drinks. All I have to do is play with crayons and I’m mellow.
I’ve watched and snuck up to place a few strokes on the way. Looking forward to some concerted work on it this week.
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Nice to see the darker red tones in the face with this layer. I enjoy seeing the progression of this piece and I’m excited to see where it will go.
Leaving breadcrumbs like Gretel. Have no idea where home is on this one…
I can understand that feeling of playing with crayons mellowing you out. Not that I do art, but when I was studying graphic design, there was always something satisfying about putting a pen, pencil, or crayon on paper as opposed to drawing on a computer.
Lisa, I know there’s a closet artist in there somewhere.
Congrats on mastering the wordpress image stuff
Love how this is coming! I will look forward to checking back with you!
Thanks for taking the time to stop by. I feel like the next blog will be “wait for it… .”