Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Building Suspense

I'm crazy-busy with work right now, averaging 12 hours a day (my legs are getting cramped from sitting at my desk so much), but every time I walk through my living room, I find myself pausing to look at my as-yet unfinished painting of the first Shakespeare in Library Park performance. It's coming out great. Since I'm still relatively new at this, every painting presents new challenges. And, with every painting, I get better and better.

The last time I worked on was at the weekend. I started painting the actors on the stage, but I had to stop for a few days to let the paint dry before finishing the actors (at the moment, most of them haven't got faces, and at least one is missing an arm). The audience is still an empty void, surrounded by a rather lovely green lawn.

This weekend, I'll finish the actors and start on the audience. If my work-schedule lightens next week, I might actually finish soon.

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