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And I have made an end of it.........

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Almost there - is somewhat distorted because of hand-holding the camera... the drawer needs at least one more pass on it [has two already] and then see if dark enough to not remove the emphasis on the two subjects above it...

oh yes, turns out the lines are NOT parallel, so is an old cabinet with sloped top... seems slipped when laying the ruler across and the right side turned to being 1/4 inch higher... a minor detail, and, actually, turns to adding character to the work, so is a good save......

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And now closing in on the bottom, getting in the drawer of the cabinet... [the photo is slightly off - seems not to be quite straight-on - but the lines are parallel in reality]

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In progress - showing some of how am achieving the textures, and the pen/nib used...







and the first round of this part is done - now to go over again, seeking to smooth a bit the roughness seen in the first... and so is understood, this is actually being done with the rendering on the side, stroking vertically, so best to keeping as much the straight lines as possible...

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Took a sort of break today and just did the stand on which the lizard/rock sits...


and yes, there is spatter beneath, but of no mind, as will be 'buried' in doing the cabinet top - is a consequence of using a soft fine point nib over the coarse primed canvas, a hazard to be aware of, tho could had been avoided if went very slow over the area instead of my usual speed...

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And the background is now done... so - onward to the rest of this...

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And now am into the final lap of getting the background done...

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And now enters the 'other performer' to this rendering...

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Got in a wee bit this morning, maybe an hour and half total [have to take breaks as otherwise my hand aches too much for control]... this, btw, is closer to the non-glare of it than previous photos...




and this will do it for today... be glad when this part is finished - end result looks great, BUT IT IS VERY TEDIOUS...

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Into the background... while this is seen this way, the actual position is upside down when it is being rendered.... and yes, using the same nib as have been all along.........

and yes, there is glare at the bottom, which is actually as dark as above it...

and managed to get in some more before the end of the day........

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Got this far yesterday, and hoped to get rest of this section done by evening, but the hand cramped [it happens from time to time], so leaving it as such for now and will try to do rest of it today...







And thus finished this section... now - on to the background.....

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Got more done last night... still a rough, of course, with much tuning yet to do...







and managed to get in about an hour and half today.....

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It begins with a close-up, one which, like the rest of the rendering, has a lot of fine-tuning yet to do on the inking....

Theming into Tomorrows

It must be remembered that there are only two states of existence - the past, represented by nostalgia - or the future - and even the present is, by its reckoning a near past... as one who considers the past as a done deal, and life is by its nature, at least to humans, to the future, all my renderings deal with it, even as the metaphor at times seems to envelope a yearning to the past... it doesn't, tho, but it IS a recognising that we live in a continuum, and the past, tho a done deal, is a part of that continuum - and in the case of the fact we as humans are always in the position of making choices, a planning, a plotting as it were of the possible in the particular person's future [our life is a book, so to speak, and how we live is the plot, one in which each individual has whether by design or default a major part in its creation]...

As such, the next projected rendering, "Bestilled Life", will present an even more obscure metaphoric relating, one which is bound to make for wonderings of where my mind has gone, or applause for the cleverness of it all [yes, I would prefer it be the latter, but at times am not all sure just how objective I can be on such subjects]... even more, this will be an extension to what have been rendering - there will be wildlife in it [ or will it be but seem so - part of the intrigue]... will say this much - will be on 24"x18" primed canvas sheet, and be using black acrylic ink..... oh yes, there will be something from above, from below, and in the middle of it all...

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And it is finished [actually was several days ago, just forgot to upload a photo]...