Blogs die. Simple truth, aye? I've seen many go that I've enjoy reading. Wherein the author states I will write a post with (x) frequency and then other projects come along, the blog dies and the internet gets another abandoned building.
Others simply stop for a while and then come back in a new form or they are still the same but with an added maturity. Others don't learn from the past and are abandoned again and again like a smoker that is trying to quit again and again.
I think my blog, this thing here is more like the last bit. A smoker who cannot quit.
In the time that I last wrote in this blog I've had an artistic revelation of sorts.
Others simply stop for a while and then come back in a new form or they are still the same but with an added maturity. Others don't learn from the past and are abandoned again and again like a smoker that is trying to quit again and again.
I think my blog, this thing here is more like the last bit. A smoker who cannot quit.
In the time that I last wrote in this blog I've had an artistic revelation of sorts.
Dennis Sheehan, Day's End.
The painting above was painted using a two color pallet. Two.
I recently watched a couple of videos of Mr Sheehan doing his thing and in each he used a burnt umber and a dark green. The tools used were a three inch wide paintbrush like what you get at Home Despot, linquin oil and paper towels.
I've read about people using a limited pallet before to great effect but it didn't sink in until I watched it happen in front of me. I want to try it out for myself and if I do I will be sure to document it and put it up here.
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