Midway through this painting, I had to ask myself, why did I decide to paint this? Possibly I was thinking about the stark contrasts and the interesting designs... the graphic black and white lines... maybe I was trying to compose something different with an intricate black and white egg and a kind of intricate black and white bird... I don't know! What I do know is it was a challenge in more ways than I expected. White is almost never white and the same can be said for black.. And to try to depict intricate black and white details in shadow and in highlight... not easy... In addition, I was painting not in my studio, but in the gallery today as I was working there today. After setting up shop, I realized I forgot my medium! For me this was a thing. I have a very specific technique I use to paint alla prima and it involves using medium in a big way, and I had none. Suffice it to say, I had to paint this on a dry panel, which is completely different than I am used to. To clarify, I am not actually crying about this. I'm just stressing that not all paintings go as smoothly as one would hope, and this one was definitely a hum dinger, to put it nicely. Don't have much more to say about it, other than I have some food for thought after painting this one... which, actually, is what all art should do for you after all... I guess. :)
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