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Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No.1 Image 6

Published on by Scott Von Holzen

This is a close up of this painting  from last night.   This base is not finished but I wanted to post a close up because of the canvas size it is hard to see the detail.  Since then there has been, and it is still going on, more paint that has been freely spread on this canvas.  The feeling of being finished, or acceptable, just is not there, yet.

The mood does not seem right. On bright side, as soon as it dries there will be more room for more paint.  Sooner then later, something will come together and it will just be known to move on.  It always happens, even though right now, there is wonder.

Scott Von Holzen

Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1

Published on by Scott Von Holzen

This painting is 12 feet long and it is difficult to get a reflection free image and to photograph the entire image.   These large canvases make it difficult to show much detail.    Closeups are coming.   This canvas seems more, messy?  Compared to the previous Eyes on the Prize which is near by so to be able to compare. Why compare who knows?  There just must be a big competition going on between each artwork.  It may be becoming  a contest of  which work has the best neatness look?  Do not believe that.  All works of art (this has been said a dozen times) find their own way with no regard to what has come before, although they all own a debt, they just will admit it.  They all have egos.

Tired tonight, so although progress is being made along the top and bottom areas of the canvas, it has been slow……..slow with a thoughtfully non-committed attitude towards finishing the base.

Scott Von Holzen

Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1

Published on by Scott Von Holzen

Starting to get control of this image. Last night, for a while, I thought that after adding those two bands of color around the main, what-ever-it-is,  to better frame it out, was a mistake.  Changing the mine was too late and it would be nearly impossible to remove.  Then,  just before quiting I did a fleeting thought that I had much earlier in the painting, and  framed the inside of the band with a Cerulean color that worked better then I thought.

Tonight, It was easy to drift  away from the main color band:  the Mark Rothko color band  look.  Sometimes you have to let a part of a painting set in, to make sure to not over paint.   So, on to the four other narrow color bands.    Then it was back to the main band to create a better transition between the top and bottom edges and the rest of the canvas using a magenta color.

Interestingly I drifted tonight when I heard the Pa-pa-pa-pa song from Mozart’s Magic Flute.  I have a version in iTunes but I became a lot more interested in the music after watching a great version on You Tube.  I remembered it first from the movie Amadeus  which I never forgot but never had the interest stirred until tonight.  What this means is that Mozart is next, and now while listening to a piece by Vivaldi,  just maybe……..