Weekly Paint Progress: 12/3 (with added easel footage)

This week the peonies went from this …

to this:

I currently hate this. I don’t recall hating the sunflowers like this. I think that’s because I shaded the sunflowers as I went along. Right now I’m in the color blocking stage and this could be in acrylic for all the nuance it has.

I called time of death of the Orange, and I am now starting this:

And so it begins –

I realize now that one problem with the glazes is that I was supposed to apply gesso to the canvas, let it dry, and then sand it before painting, so that the surface is utterly slick and I don’t get the canvas texture. I am not doing that. No.

But hey, that’s not the big news! The previous easel is being transitioned into semi-retirement. Say hello to Godzilla on Wheels.

He’s in the low seated position. In the standing position he soars among the rafters.

You see the problem with the previous easel.

I have probably overcorrected. But I tell myself that if I redecorate it could be a room divider, or if I get a pole I can use it as a vehicle and punt through my subdivision if it gets icy.