This is an oil painting study I worked on last night. It is on canvas and is ACEO size (2.5" x 3.5"). Pretty darn small. I can't seem to get as much detail with oils as I can with watercolor and ink but I'm happy with the results . I made some changes when I got home from work that I am happier with.
It is only a study and not a finished piece after all. I am NOT an oil painter. I prefer mixed media working primarily with charcoal, watercolor and gouache so this is a serious deviation for me. I really just felt like messing with the oils last night though. I personally do not want a refined look to my art any more these days. I think I did so much of that anal retentive nitpicking in my younger years, I just want to be free and just draw these days.
I have an idea for another painting...I'm going to do several thumbnails today and see what I can get done tonight. A show is coming up locally in which all of the pieces have to be 12 inches or smaller. I participated in a similar show last year at the Columbia Museum of Art that opened on my birthday (woohoo!). This one opens on May 1st and I have to have my pieces sent for approval by April 26th. I'm cutting it thin but I only have one piece that is ready to hang. The rest are unframed/matted and I won't be able to get that done before May 1st. Before leaving home this morning I gessoed a 5" x 5" wood panel so I can be ready to go when I get home.
Fitness wise? I'm hurting but in a good way. Apparently I can do my chin-ups with more ease and less rest in between. 2 sets of 5 chin-ups every workout day (including leg day). By the time I get to the 5th I'm a little beat but hey, progress. I thought I had accomplished something until my husband kindly reminded me that I wasn't actually doing pull-ups but chin-ups. Pull-ups, the real ones are a completely different animal. The difference is in the hand position. Chin-ups are underhand which uses more biceps and arms while the pull-ups are overhand which puts your back to work a little more. I managed to hold myself for 5 seconds before I just couldn't any more. A far cry from the 70 second hold that marine women have to do. So my new goal is to do real pull-ups and not pull-up lookalikes now. My next goal for chin-ups is to do them without touching the floor. Baby steps of course.
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