Getting the tape on yesterday was a lot more work with these, the final versions, than it was studies. Why? Because I didn't have big dark pencil lines to align the tape. There are some very faint pencil lines in a few places. For example, on the circle I need the pencil guides, but on the other shapes the lines are either not there or very faint. And aligning tape to very very faint lines is slow, difficult and very tiring on the eyes. But this time there won't be any pencil marks showing through!
Like I said, I'm excited about starting these after finishing the studies...I think I may even paint on my Saturday.
Blogger seems to be working again - or I did something different this time. I did end up working on Saturday to paint the backgrounds (steps pictured below). It was worth it. I had a great time painting, and I was very happy with how they turned out. A couple days later the backgrounds were dry enough to paint the trees in. This step was a little nerve wracking. There is no going back, no fixing a mistake. The white doesn't erase away, and you can't paint over the background. Fortunately, I feel good and like the way the trees came out. Cutting them apart (I painted them all on the same piece of canvas) and stretching them wasn't very fun. I think I stretched each painting at least twice. But, now they are ready to be fixed into their frames and hung up!
