That’s, admittedly, a pretty intense title. It might be a little too intense for the subject. I had fun yesterday taking some paintings that weren’t working for me and reworking them. Successfully. There’s a feeling I get when a painting works, I don’t really know what qualities make it so. I guess it has something to do with composition, color harmony and unity. By “unity” I mean it holds together, has some kind of structural and thematic harmony. I can’t really put a finger on it but I know it when I see it. Yesterday I brought three paintings back to life.

I took a broad brush and fairly light color and just started painting them out, leaving spaces for the under layer to show through. I used a broad flat brush that came in a package of four and was labeled “disposable.” They seem to hold up to use and clean up well. I haven’t disposed of any yet.

I’m making an effort to draw every day and to write every day. I want to up my drawing game, I’m considering doing some figurative, representational work, I’m getting a little bored and frustrated with the abstract.

Streamed Under a Dark Sky a French mystery series. At times I thought it was a little too melodramatic, with a soap opera feel to it. But I also found it to be very suspenseful and they do a good job of not tipping off who the villains are. We really binged this one, watched all six episodes last night, stayed up till one.