Fascinating how the mind works

I woke up early this morning (5am.. after not going to bed until 2am because I had a late studio night). Instantly had a painting on my mind from yesterday’s blog post. I jumped out of bed, snagged the painting off the photography table, and took it back to my studio. Grabbed some paint, a knife, and got to work. Didn’t even make any coffee or kiss the kitties good morning. I was on what felt like a serious mission. 

For some reason, I had a comment my husband made in passing 2 or 3 weeks ago on my mind, and that was, “That painting over there is much too dark, yeah?” He pointed to the painting on the table. The conversation moved on quickly. I don’t know if I even acknowledged what he said because we were in the middle of talking about other things when he said it. I don’t remember giving it another thought, but I sure did wake up with it eating away at me this morning. It’s weird, but fascinating how the mind works. 

I obviously agree with him. It was too dark, so I turned the black background into a pink one, at first. I always seem to reach for pink no matter what I’m doing, as if it will magically fix everything. This time around, it didn’t seem to do the trick, so I added a layer of blue over the pink. The photo you see above is what the painting looked like just before I grabbed my spray bottle of water and sandpaper, and wet sanded it back down to the black. hm..back to where I started, and I woke up early for this??! Isn’t that genius, I thought. haha! I’m quite sure it’s going to end up with a blue background, but the pink had to go first. I’ll get it all sorted out soon. No worries.   

Early this morning

Aww..my wittle cuddle buggie boo, Sweet Pea, using my hand as a pillow after a long day, and night in the studio. We started watching a new series called Abstract The Art of Design. I’d like to say I loved the show, and binge watched every episode. However, with this precious little upside down girl on my lap, and her leg thrown across mine (awww! love when she does that), I didn’t stand a chance. I was asleep within minutes. I’ll have to try watching some other time.