Today’s update on Olympia, 48x64”, been painting since 3 am and very close to starting on her majestic body and she’s got a Mona Lisa smile so i have challenges ahead. I was musing in my head that I feel totally free—beyond technique, beyond being careful, beyond trying to be perfect yet those things are so ingrained I’m not aware of them. I will block out the material in front with raw umber (a modern art aesthetic no no, but wtf do they know about painting? Not a lot.) and then some detailing of patterns in the fabric, fun, then fully realizing the gorgeous model (a deservedly famous person, we have discuss whether we keep mum on it or not). #art #wip #narrativeart #oilpainting #modernmythology
