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11/18/2008
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10/08/2008
painting again
It's been a long time. We moved a few months ago, and there was so much to do before I knew it a few months had gone by. During which I painted nothing. Hardly even any sketching. The more time passed without doing art, the harder it felt to get back into it. This week I finally resolved I had to do something. So I pulled out a very old painting, an acrylic I did as a teenager. It's rather pathetic, but it was one of my first ever "subconscious drawings" that I had attempted to paint. I set up both the original drawing and the acrylic "sketch" and set to work to create it anew:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_M1hYO-JU_W7tiu_fQjoFFOEloPHRaJZaOMcSt9xOrEIvZ5dqPD94o-OENu4fdbXfiHbO02745DQJhIrfU0MGn5ZNwDIFCtatXffnz5C-MotN_5jvs4WDhBVqq3LhyRYAV7kXeD3PsiY/s320/Tree-Skirt-Sketch.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpkGhbVX1pdXF8wE9Fo2E2WxQ06-0ULI7jY3xNAGbXiv8wB-gy2AjWwzd0yNc7LfBZz-oc9qKCWszSPvrvkTiQaS9iZL_pzkbvZ1GpsNDGcZC4NpHOLMT9wUS10QaiwcaEz4l6KZUtqg/s320/Tree-Skirt-old.jpg)
Here's as far as I've gotten. I'm pretty pleased to find that after almost half a year of no work, my eyes and hands haven't quite forgotten how to work together.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkOm4aTxea44mJvxV4Gn2soWIkPxivV5O8wnRu4DGGYPXFmSlZSFgNy0joMDsjsknAqgQWXXZerVeos5k15FaUK3L7xrQ2qTWNvkLFFzbswJWLXQb7pkOeYITdYLsgBq-L_pENs9tZLo/s320/Tree-Skirt-Prog.jpg)
This is soft pastels on french paper, 18 x 24". I'm all out of paper, so I've been recycling my worst paintings, rubbing them out and using the other side of the paper. This one was reworked over that deer. I really need to go out and buy some sandpaper soon.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_M1hYO-JU_W7tiu_fQjoFFOEloPHRaJZaOMcSt9xOrEIvZ5dqPD94o-OENu4fdbXfiHbO02745DQJhIrfU0MGn5ZNwDIFCtatXffnz5C-MotN_5jvs4WDhBVqq3LhyRYAV7kXeD3PsiY/s320/Tree-Skirt-Sketch.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpkGhbVX1pdXF8wE9Fo2E2WxQ06-0ULI7jY3xNAGbXiv8wB-gy2AjWwzd0yNc7LfBZz-oc9qKCWszSPvrvkTiQaS9iZL_pzkbvZ1GpsNDGcZC4NpHOLMT9wUS10QaiwcaEz4l6KZUtqg/s320/Tree-Skirt-old.jpg)
Here's as far as I've gotten. I'm pretty pleased to find that after almost half a year of no work, my eyes and hands haven't quite forgotten how to work together.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkOm4aTxea44mJvxV4Gn2soWIkPxivV5O8wnRu4DGGYPXFmSlZSFgNy0joMDsjsknAqgQWXXZerVeos5k15FaUK3L7xrQ2qTWNvkLFFzbswJWLXQb7pkOeYITdYLsgBq-L_pENs9tZLo/s320/Tree-Skirt-Prog.jpg)
This is soft pastels on french paper, 18 x 24". I'm all out of paper, so I've been recycling my worst paintings, rubbing them out and using the other side of the paper. This one was reworked over that deer. I really need to go out and buy some sandpaper soon.
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