It's been about 6 days since my last journal entry but not too much time has gone between working on the piece. I'm coming closer to the end of the piece. I've gotten all of the redlining done and now I'm simply inking and tightening up the tonal changes as I go along. It takes a good amount of time to simply cover key areas of the canvas with the hatching pattern to my liking. It's worth the labor put into it. The details must be sharp and punchy.With all the energy that is put into a piece like this I am realizing that it will be hard for me to let it go which isn't good news for the wallets of potential buyers. Maybe limited but affordable prints at the show should be available. I think that is the route to take.I ran through the rain last night in order to get the piece from the makeshift studio at the church to my car and then from my car to the house. Every drop of rain threatened to attack it. Well I clearly will have to develop a better system of covering it. I imagine most artwork has a story of survival that would only add more value to its existence. "The trials and tribulations of the canvass." LOL. It sounds like a book title or some lame independent film. The rain last night also caused me to realize that just as I protected the art from the drops of rain last night I will also have to protect it from false priorities. I will have to do so like a lioness. I'm very much ready to be a lioness on the journey ahead.
I know that I have only been blogging only about the process of this one piece but I think taking on other concepts at the moment is not what I need presently. Presently I feel a strong need to finish this one piece. It represents the need for me to complete my work before I allow myself to get caught up in another concept. I swear I have "Creator's ADD" so please bare with me as I conquer this beast.
