Just started two new paintings this week, both 42" x 42" soft pastel on Rives BFK (100% cotton rag made by Arches). The one on the left is very close; the right-hand one needs more time, more thinking, more . . . something.
My usual M.O. is to block-in and hold for a few (many?) months on the wall, living with these ur-paintings as I work in the studio. Sooner or later, the piece will click into place in my mind, and the next stages of execution begin. Final embellishments (layering, sgraffito, calligraphical ornamentation, etc.) may take months more to complete.
Or . . . sometimes the piece just doesn't pan out and is recycled. Let's see how these two will grow.
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