Notes from the studio- June 2nd it’s amazing what can be done in an hour

I’m still feeling that buzz of novelty, when tonight I stepped out of the door to go to my studio at 8.40 - a time I’d usually be thinking about pjs!

The quiet evening with next to no traffic put me in a good mood.

When I arrived in my space I remembered that I have a few primed boards about a3 size so I took one of these and started laying out a painting in black oil. I chose black as I didn’t have the energy to select a palette. Painting shadows I’ve have mostly avoided black as it’s too obvious and 1 dimensional and not actually how shadows appear to us for the most part.

Tonight I enjoyed the starkness of the lines.

The circles appeared intuitively over the line work. They bring me a lot of joy to paint and I like the way they disturb the surface but I’m still unsure of what more they mean or do. This is my first question to explore in the coming days.

I worked on this piece for a little over an hour and was pleased with how much I got done this evening. I will work on this painting some more and it needs a title. I’m currently thinking ‘do you see the same as me’ /‘would you trust me to see for you’ as I say work in progress.