Day 82 - 365/2014

Day Eighty-Two

Or maybe Biteyou's background/horizon will be a regular lawn or hill or something with a Little Prince-inspired planet behind him in the sky.  Clearly, not like this...but I wanted to see how it might look.

I've been mostly fooling around today, avoiding doing the million things I really ought to be working on...a few did get some attention.  (I hurt a lot today.)

Day 76 - 365/2014

Day Seventy-Six

Tonight I applied the black paper with inclusions to the Biteyou collage.  I took a little extra time to make the Biteyou-shaped tears a little bigger so that I will be sure to have room for painting his edges or outline...whatever it turns out I do with him.  This process always takes longer than I expect.

Ready to get started.

I tore the Biteyou outlines a little bigger and slopped on the matte medium.

I apply the matte medium underneath and on top...just to make sure it is good and wet and stays put.

It is drying nice and clear.

I need to let him sit for a while before I move him back into the studio to keep drying.

I still don't know how I will finish him...certainly he is not fully painted yet.  I don't know if I will use more paper(s) to create a background or paint on top of the paper or maybe a bit of both to keep the collage going.  I do think he is outside in the dark...unlike me, Biteyou is not afraid of the dark outside.