Friday

Two quotes here-

"All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography." Frederico Fellini

"Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it ". Hugh MacLeod

Yesterday was about adding a table to the lounge, so it is more of a studio than ever.

Last night I started a new self portrait from the mirror I set up.

The following is the first stage- rather fast and not at all careful.

This morning, in different light, I started with heavy body white to make some sense of the sketch and block out wrong marks.

Then more blue and white-

I'm not near enough to see clearly, especially when looking at the eyes. I shall keep working on this and the abstracts I was working on yesterday. A long way to go!