Going Grey

I have been procrastinating, and I procrastinated again today. In fairness, my procrastination took the form of other creative pursuits, rather than inventing housework, or doomscrolling, but it was still procrastination.

I’m not even sure why I was procrastinating, because I knew exactly what my next steps were, with the exception of what I wanted to do to the background, but I don’t think there is much logic to procrastination, it just is.

While procrastinating, I started a colour-mixing project, and noticed that I tend to choose a colour from the red group and a colour from the blue group so as to make purples. I made a note that for the next two-colour mixing project I am barred from either of these.

I also made some notes about a sea glass project I have in mind, more on that later, if it leaves the notebook stage. I also concluded that my set of eyelet pliers is clearly on the budget end, and not fit for the purposes I have in mind. They also make my hands sore, so that’s another negative point. Back to the drawing board.

Painting-wise, I finally got stuck into making the value study underpainting on the self-portrait. I made a greyscale of five greys and tried to replicate the values in the selfie. I think I’ve done not bad, but I can always go in and correct anything that jumps out at me in the morning.

I decided on the glaze I wanted for the background, and went with the caput mortuum. The only surprise about that is that I thought I was going to use a different colour.

Til the morn,

Suzanne

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