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Saint Francis ...completed

26/5/2012

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Saint Francis finally appears completed...

Well at least I decided that I should now stop working on it. Since taking a week's break from it I took time to look at it closely and try to see what was missing. What I did was try to define the colors a bit better - so now the dog, the cat and the saint's clothing have taken on different hues. The minimalist background landscape also had its hues and shadows tuned up a tad. Perhaps more important, the columns have been given a greenish tinge and this color was also added to the triangular spaces in which the angels float. This has helped to give some "weight" to the architectural elements around the main image.

I am still in some doubt about this work...to me it seems like it sits slightly uncomfortably between several stools....

I prefer to think of it as a reasonably decent specimen of naive art at best.


I will probably try my hand at something a bit simpler next.
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Time out

6/5/2012

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It is now nearly two months that I have labored (heavy word that) on this drawing and I feel it has drained me out. Labored as in making progress with difficulty. I will probably take a break from it and try to start working on a new drawing in the meantime. Admittedly I have done some decent work on this one but there is still this feeling that something is somehow missing and I suspect it has to do with color most of all. So I will hang it on my easel and let it talk to me for a while until such time as the proverbial light bulb moment strikes.
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