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I finished the fire escape today and switched to machinery. I actually began this drawing a few days ago and started painting today. Carmela insisted on walking all over my painting for the first thirty minutes and finally went to sleep. Thank Goodness. This type of subject develops slowly — this wash only took 30 minutes or so to do but it needs to dry overnight. So I may work on two pieces at the same time so I’ll have less wait time. If both subjects are in the same series then it doesn’t feel like two paintings to me - there’s continuity of thought.
I plan to do a lot of layering and I want each layer totally dry before continuing. I may pull the shadows over the whole composition before adding any more local color — or maybe a few more hoses in warm colors before the shadows. Not sure yet.
