Boy, a Nap Sounds So Good Right Now. Part Two.

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Boy, a nap sounds SO good right now- Part Two:
I was feeling pretty uninspired in my art-job and found myself in that yucky place where pulling the blankets over my head instead of working was sounding so, so, tempting. But we can't always do what the voices tell us to do, so instead of napping I started experimenting with something new and unfamiliar to get me excited to work again.
Along with being exciting, this tactic of doing something unfamiliar to rekindle that creative spark can also be kind of scary. For me, anyway. I keep worrying that a whole week of work hours might wind up in the trash along with the project.
Yeah...I should probably meditate more often. 

  Last time we met I had started adding thin layers of oil paint to my sealed drawing on wood, but I decided to let this layer dry for a while so I could more easily wipe off any major mistakes and maybe avoid all the crying and stuff. 

For any artists following this process, here are the oil paints I used for this piece, as well as a peek at my disposable Grey Matters Palette and also the walnut alkyd medium I use to make the oil paint more fluid.

 In the end, I held my breath and used a tiny brush to do some really thin, precise outlining of my drawing with black oil paint for a more graphic look. 

 Finally, I refined the figure a little more and I also added some Naples yellow and white to the wall for a more solid feeling of light hitting the scene. Welp, I made it through to the end! I was afraid this one would wind up on the Easel of Shame. The original has sold, but you can click the image of her to grab the print.

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