Do you remember that painting of those string voodoo dolls I painted last fall? well I decided to paint over them. I couldn't stand looking at it anymore. The other painting that went with it, thats still around, but this one just made me angry looking at it. It may have been how I painted it, or the fact that I felt that it was just a failed piece of work. But anyway, I've decided to paint over it, now since it was painted rather thickly... I had to cover it up in such a way that those ridges don't show, or at least don't show as much. So I invested in a painting squeegee.. haha so simple a fix huh. Not really.. I have to wait for the oil to dry.. and now that is driving me crazy.. all this waiting.. ugh I just want to paint. You're probably wondering why I didn't just use gesso or acrylic to paint over it.. well oil and water dont mix, and if I used gesso, or an acrylic to make a new base on an old painting, well it would just start to peal off and be rather gross.. though I have done paintings in the past that did look rather interesting with that "technique" but I would rather this painting look good. So at the moment, its drying.
My other painting, the one with the tree mushrooms? remember that one? well that one isn't finished yet. I'll eventually do the detail in the mushrooms and start to define the wood and add more things. I've been coming up with a concept for it. so it represents the deep unconscious. hence the forest feel to it. When I eventually finish it, I will make a more detailed discription/ analysis of the painting.
xo
jessy
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