I wrote this a little while ago and forgot to post it. I have stepped away from this exploration as i discovered something was missing.

While originally intended to chronicle my exploration of Scrye Dye, with winter and the removal of all but the hardiest of Pansies for color, I have turned to oils for a piece I have been pondering for close to a year.

I originally started playing with paints about a year ago. First watercolors, then acrylics and finally oils. As I explore I have seen the myriad possibilities and am enjoying the learning process of how to get there. I had a # of projects in the works when I discovered Scrye Dye and set them all aside.

Now, it is time to get back to that work, wherever it leads, and instead of starting a new site just for it or whatever kind of categorization my mind might like to place it in, I will display it here along my other artwork.

This is the start of a piece that is part of an anti-consumerism series I have been kicking around for about a year. Now, the politics are not where I like to voice myself, simply stated I am still very much a part of the consumerist machine, but I see the cracks, I see the charades, it’s a Hollywood movie come to life, except we all get to be the stars in our own personalized version, be it comedy, drama or an eternal spin in Dante’s Inferno.

When will I stop my ride? Either when I choose to or am forced to and when that day comes I’ll figure it out. In the meantime, here are my thoughts on what we are doing.

The original sketch

Filling in the black

Sharpening the outline of the letters.

Adding the blue of the ocean

Starting to see something go wrong with the snake as I color it in.

I put on a scale pattern to see if I can get it back on track, while continuing to add other color.

Shortly after this, as I worked on the mouth it went horribly wrong. I haven’t taken pictures of that yet because I am not sure where to go from here. I am thinking about taking some art lessons to learn some of the things I need to know to reach the next level. Since this was a dry run for the canvas it accomplished what I had hoped it would. I know some of the basic design changes I would like to see to make it really work and then I need to figure out exactly how to paint it how I want it.

And this is where things come together to start becoming something or not.