uh, happy birthday john...for tomorrow.

Aug 29, 2005 14:08

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tea&scones, john, artish stuff, painting

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misshysteria August 29 2005, 08:05:32 UTC
you have such a warped mind. That picture really sucked me in when I stared at it for a while.

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_itsthebadgers_ August 29 2005, 08:08:49 UTC
um, thankyou... I detest that photograph though, it's close but fuzzy enough that it doesn't quite look right. But that's just me being fussy over it ;)

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_itsthebadgers_ August 29 2005, 08:14:45 UTC
umm I'm not entirely sure where the stack of stones came from... they were supposed to be greenish really, and rounder. They changed when I painted them, into sandstone blocks. A bit like a quarry. Portland's effect on me I guess, or maybe cause I was lonelyish owing to the totally empty house, and rocks are lonely things...dunno.
The leaves were always gonna be there, because they look good on the green sky. The moon was a spontaneous addition, so that that corner wasn't empty, and the tree had to be there to fill in a gap when I redrew the top stones and to provide a reason for the leaves. The round stones needed to be there to complete the diagonal line, and to fill in a gap.

I suppose the analysis in art pays off, makes you think more about these things. It doesn't make you do these things, or put the things in the painting, but it does kinda make you realise why you put them there, and why they look right, or not right.

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misshysteria August 29 2005, 11:06:02 UTC
Over analysis drags the character out of the piece though?

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