I had to jump in somewhere because it was time to stop being precious.
There were too many hurdles in terms of the color system as well as the issue with the braces in the back and the overall looseness of the canvas in certain areas.
I was hesitating in too many ways and didn’t want to spend another week trying to white out areas to then try coming in later and mailing them into position after a decade of not getting any of this kind of work done in practice.
I have the lines that I want and I know where the objects are supposed to be now and I had to get in there someway somehow and as soon as I started laying paint down I noticed that the white paint was rejecting the next layer of paint mixed with linseed oil.
So I realized I had better start painting straight from the tube and as soon as I started getting any colors on I noticed that the type of brushes that I have right now are not going to be accurate enough and the canvas is not tight enough or the surface is not firm enough and I do not have practice enough to put together the kind of piece that I had in my head.
I made a snap decision to go with specific colors that were different from what is on the drawing because if I went any other direction this thing might look really fucking dumb.
I’ve realized that I need to go on the attack now over the entire surface regardless of how bouncy it is in certain areas and just get shit done and try to make it bad ass if at all possible and if not use it as a learning experience for how to come out this thing again as soon as the next wave of canvas stretcher frames arrive.
On this next wave I have two separate smaller versions set up and I believe both of them are able to be covered with plywood and done and whatever pallet and color system and approach that I come up with as a result of this first move.
So without further ado here is what I got down in a couple hours before I decided to back off and let some of these layers dry up before I start hitting edges with more light and dark to try to punch up to contrast.
