Bridge Week

I could have been lazy, stayed at home and have nice long lie ins, go out with my friends at night and not need to worry about getting up at 7 to go into uni everyday this week. However, the reality is that I finish uni in 12 weeks. 12 WEEKS! So despite my lazy self wanting to have a nice relaxing week, I know I have bigger fish to fry and that is to get my portfolio up to scratch!

I was fortunate to be chosen to do a painting of Patty Pravo album cover 'Occulte Persuasion'  for Gary's friend. So during my bridge week I thought I would tackle the painting.

My brief for the painting was to make the pink less vibrant and the yellow less acidic, and the writing to say 'giura, solo un po'. On Monday I went in feeling good about starting the painting despite being a bit jet lagged. However, I really don't think I was in the right frame of mind. I really don't know what was up with me on Monday and Tuesday - I just wasn't thinking straight and I was definitely not painting straight either. Gary even said my first attempt at the painting was a 'dogs dinner' which is probably very true! I think because Jude was stressing out, the fact that there is 12 weeks left of term I just went crazy and got really nervous that I wasn't good at painting!

However, on Wednesday I pulled myself together and made a logical plan on how to go about painting this picture. Instead of painting in upright on the frame, I got a new canvas and painted the background on the floor using a water technique, and then after the background had dried I popped it back on the frame to tackle the face. Hopefully I will be finished by Monday!