Domestic duties are at the forefront this week, and I'm having trouble concentrating on painting as a result. The work I did on Profiteroles yesterday was so bad that I can't even post a picture of it. I worked on the little window on the right side this morning, and now it's time to get back to the cleaning.
There isn't much more I can do to this painting. I worry that the circular cloud left of center is confusing to the viewer, but I've painted it pretty close to the way it looks in the reference photo. I'll put it aside for a few days to see if it needs any adjustment; otherwise, it is DONE.
Had a holiday of sorts; sometimes you just need a break in the schedule and a bit of fresh air to recharge the batteries.
Today: work on the fork and spoon, plus a little sprinkling of chocolate dust and vanilla beans. Also modified the edges of the Creme Anglaise.
But earlier, I sketched in the first umbrella and table/chair set on:
I'm going to have to enlarge the umbrella— it's too small.
Today I worked on the bread station, for the most part—
I have a pulled muscle in my calf, making my life miserable; at least it doesn't stop me from painting. I'm pleased with the way this one is shaping up. I love the deep recesses and the blue/ochre section in the middle.
I might not get anything else done this afternoon; will adopt a wait-and-see attitude. Spent all of yesterday running around doing errands; it was actually a nice break from the studio. But today: more rain, more gloom. It's like it mirrors the news cycle.
Anyway, I don't feel much like painting but did manage to sketch in the fluffy foreground plants this morning. They need a lot more work, of course, to look finished, but at least they're in place.
This is shaping up. I covered a lot more territory here and there today; hard to notice exactly where, but the overall effect is that the unpainted areas are filling in.
I painted out the shadowy stalks in the foreground and brought the color of the water right up to the fluffy plants that will fill that space instead. Also worked on some of the greenery near the ground. Am now getting a better sense of what this will look like in the end.
