I'm basking in bright, higher-in-the-sky-everyday sunlight streaming right now through a skylight onto my face.
I'm also basking in the unexpected that pops up out of the intentional when I paint.
The intentional: I can't bear to wash away even a small bit of unused paint when I'm working in my studio so I very intentionally make use of it one way or another. Recently, I've been skittering from one project to another, playing with multiple tiny-art projects and one 36 x 36" canvas that's nearly finished. As I work on the tiny art, I inevitably end up with a bit of extra paint in my brush or on my palette and tiny paintings that would become overworked if I subjected them to any more paint. What I've ended up doing several times is taking the extra paint and finding a place for it in my evolving 36 x 36.
The unexpected: If not for the intent to waste no paint, I would never think to purposely use many of the colors I've been offloading to the 36 x 36, but I am bewitched and gladdened by the surprise of how that painting is coming alive.
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| detail, work in progress unexpected pops of periwinkle! |
