Mere details...

Lots of tiny marks & the first glaze coat... I'm only showing the work done since the previous post because it's the only area that's changed...

... and I think that concludes work for today...

Now... for a new and very special person in my life...

I'm playing: Emmylou Harris - Someone Like You
via FoxyTunes
...

Ok... so it's more of the same... be patient... it's growing!

Coupla day's work on hands 'n' feet... we're gettin' there... slowly and enjoyably...

... and the details...

... and...

... now a tune or two from Mr Zimmerman [and the magnificent Ms Baez] live in 1964, ere I retire for the night...

Bob Dylan & Joan Baez - Silver Dagger
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What kind o' idiot...

... starts werk - after 'avin' decided not t' do owt, werk-wise at any rate, over t' weekend - at 9 o'clock on a Sundy evnin'? ... well I know o' one but I ain't sayin' no names!..

T' reason for startin' at all were an attack o' guilt - th' atheist work ethic if ya like - at 'avin' done nowt on Sat'day... an' yer know what?... ah's chuffed wi' what's come out o' t' session... ah've unny bin werkin' on th' 'ands what ah redefined t' other day, like... but they's gettin' summat close t' what ah reckons they oughta be like in t' long run.

... 'n this is t' close-up o' th' 'ands, for lest anyone's bothered...

... reet... that's it fer terneyt lahk...

jus' 'avin' a bit o' rest wi': Miles Davis - Venus De Milo
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Angry update

Apropos of this posting... just to let you know that, one month on and I am still awaiting a reply from Mr Dobson although I am not surprised... according to the Write To Them site... his record as regards responding to his constituents is rather poor, viz: "Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents."

Simple question... what hose he do for his money?

Details.... details...

Last couple of days spent with a size 0 sable brush re-defining the hands that were sketchy... [earlier positioning still visible in places.] Not sure yet how this area will develop... particularly when heavier skin tones are applied... but that's all for now... it really has to dry before I can push further with the whole painting...

And... for a kind, caring mountain-dweller...

Now playing: Donovan - There Is A Mountain
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and, afterwards...

Now playing: Donovan - Sand And Foam
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... the latter, one of my favourite songs from that fabulously flower-filled summer of 1967...

Spot the difference...

Another few hours spent making minor adjustments and tiny marks...

... still a long way to go but that's all for today...
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Now studying today's work while listening to: Leonard Cohen - Diamonds In The Mine
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Yo-yo time...

One day you're up... the next you're down... one day things work... the next they don't... sometimes things come along to provide inspiration... then the inspiration's flown away like a lost balloon or a leaf on the wind... then you try & claw something back... you step back & look... long & hard... & make decisions... sometimes they're the correct decisions... sometimes they're not... how do we know unless we take the plunge?... maybe I'm back... maybe I'm not...

... it's taken Diana Jones, Gillian Welch and Iris DeMent to get me down to the bottom of the well and back out again in a rickety bucket held by a frayed rope... just hope it was work the journey and that the air up here is fresh & clean...

... now I'm gonna get drunk... while I bang my head to...

Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart
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... fuckin' LOUD...

Don't rush me...

Couple o' hours here... couple o' hours there... 's slow but steady... 'n' I'm enjoyin' every eye-strainin', skull-spinnin', body-knackerin', moment of it...

... more... when there is...