For the past couple of days, I've been feeling off (more off than usual). This morning, things became completely out of control. I lost my address book (hard copy and digital) and am struggling to re-build it from scratch.
Then, just before I was due to leave for the Introduction to Watercolour's final class, I couldn't find my phone. Eamonn always warned me not to go out without it. I phoned from the landline and it went straight to voice-mail. This told me that the battery was dead and there was no way to locate the phone from its ringing. I phoned the Settlement and told them I couldn't make the class. Tears ensued.
After lunch, I decided to continue working on Cat V2, but another project caught my attention. I'd decided to paint a portrait of Alf in the style of the Cat. I already had the photo I was going to use for reference, and thought I'd do some digital manipulation to see how things might work out.
First, I cropped the image to a head-and-shoulders and play with the pixels to create a 'painting'.
The colour intensity will be the guide for the blocks of coour in the painting itself.
Then I played with the style of painting. I know which one I favour but choose your favourite.
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The hard part will be marking the canvas to guide the paintbrush without stifling freedom.
Alf's portrait will have to wait until i have finished Cat V2
and Long Shore Fishing.
Working in a medium with which I am familiar (digital imagery) has helped regain my equilibrium.
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