So here is my painting progress so far. Right now I think it’s at a “stop and contemplate” stage. The scale makes it difficult. At 4 by 5 feet, it takes some distance to take it all in, and my wall space and floor space are limited. I feel more comfortable with the watercolor-ish areas than the areas of busy brushwork, but I may change my mind about that. There is an inelegance to the brushwork that doesn’t quite gel. I think the arcs are working better than in my earlier attempt though, so I got that going for me. Below I have the progress in several steps:
The work is in four panels, two at 12 x 48 and two at 18 x 48. It could be four paintings, or two or three or one. It may work better as separates. The areas that don’t quite gel would then be separated. Each panel seems to hold together with an internal consistency. That consistency doesn’t hold up across panels. And what look like problem areas above don’t seem like problems when viewed separately.
I was going to show the individual panels as an animated GIF, but that didn’t seem like the best way to display them. It doesn’t give the viewer control over the amount of time spent on a panel. So I just installed a Smart Slider plugin and spent about three minutes figuring out what to do with it. The controls don’t seem to be visible though. You can click and drag the image to move to the next panel. I recommend swiping right.
