Ley Blewes Grows

these are the close up textures of the newest image I'm working on.

19.Nov.25

This time it was filmed for a Timelapse. I enjoy the layering aspect of the oil wash. (oil paint + thinner.) One comment from Feedback Viewing was that the lil tv dude looked or felt out of place. Id like to resolve this issue. Consider the texture/layering tho.

Wouldn't go as far as to say I like this work HOWEVER there are bits that stand out to me as a step in the right direction..

the background; The layering. The different styles of colour and medium application. The different depths of colour. the texture. It's emotive, almost manic. The colours contrasting, demanding attention and blending into each other.

IRL the yellow oil sticks used blend nicely with the background and allow the attention to be drawn from background to foreground without too much 'arguing'. That transition from back to front takes the attention to said shapes on the right side (I think due to the layering of red on yellow). I'll describe those shapes as cyber sigilism, seems to fit right here.

The work looks better when hung and not laid on the ground. the eyes are drawn to the flowing shapes along the right edge and top rather than the face. and the base of the image feels fuller than it appears here.

I don't like how 'explicit' the face is. Doesn't leave much to the imagination or leave much to consider. That is what I'll work on next. The line on the right side was supposed to be like a bracket ' ) ' but I think that reference was too lose.

Additionally, I'll consider doing it as a landscape, it is not a massive canvas and there could be room for more of a story. That could be hard to achieve given the size of the oil sticks being using.

Can you find 3 spirals?

first up, needs better photos. badly. the splash of blue is ok, the colours aren't bad but overall its not saying anything to me. I dont remember anything about this one, maybe I was trying to avoid wasting paint. some of the colours look over worked. There is no rhyme or reason for the brush strokes. the purple next to the blue looks so bad, the contrast is terrible. same with the yellow.