I was doing so well – here on SubStack. Around 'part 3' I caught the flu. Have I made a lot in the past few weeks? Yes! Because: we have now truly started the new 'LUBACH' program. The first of three preparatory weeks is over, and it's all going to be A Lot of Fun and Very Beautiful, hopefully. The week started with a big cake to celebrate the kick-off:
The advantage of creating a corporate identity for a television program is that it is then used for many things. Starting with this cake, or rather, it started with the flags that were hoisted in front of our building earlier:
To get my daily steps in, I had myself dropped off in the moor one beautiful morning, to cover the last part to the Mediapark on foot with Muis. This was an excellent decision:
The first thing I saw was this roe deer. The animal itself was surprised too.
Last weekend, fortunately, there was time to paint. Sometimes it's hard to get started again. The tricky thing about 'free' work versus 'work' work is that anything goes. There are no limitations, no assignment; choosing what to create is actually the most complicated part.
A bit like wanting to quickly choose something on Netflix when you've just made a nice plate of food for yourself and want to watch something while eating, but you can't find anything, and your food is getting cold, or you're already eating, so by the time you've found something, your plate is empty, and then you no longer feel like watching.
The funny thing about old drawings is that they are often much better than you thought they were while making them.
So, if you feel like creating something, it's essential to start with something quickly before the moment passes. What sometimes helps me is looking back at older work. The funny thing about old drawings is that they are often much better than you thought they were while making them. Moreover, years later, you notice completely different things: how you made certain shapes, what colors you used, all the choices you made.
I borrowed two trees from the drawing above and cut them out in Photoshop. For the background, I used these trees:
With Generative Fill, I had Photoshop conjure up a few more trees here and there. I then opened the whole thing in Procreate on the iPad so I could draw over it again, and then it became this:
All in all, it was an enjoyable process, and something emerged that I couldn't have imagined beforehand (besides the fact that I enjoy drawing and painting wooded areas). I did it again. This time it was a kind of double borrowing: I used an old study I made based on a postcard by Hendrik Werkman:
The drawing below was from the beginning of the '100 Days Challenge' I once did, where I made the first drawings with my non-dominant hand:
I took the trees from both and made the collage below:
Meanwhile, I was very much in the mood to paint myself, and the weather was so beautiful, so I headed to the greenhouse where this painting was still waiting for me:
I had started this painting with oil paint, but I didn't have the patience for that now, so I grabbed the acrylic paint.
And here I am now. Not finished yet, but a wonderfully long day of painting <3 Unfortunately, I don't have any more time to work on this for now, so to be continued...