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slowly moving along...

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not look like that much, but is fine point, and is a start...

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transferring...

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basically down, just the background to fill in, and maybe more of the empty gardens... that is grass surrounding a shallow pond on the left, with pebbles in the foreground...

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advancing...

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modified to a better arrangement...

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ink sketch of the whole floater garden idea grouped around the falls... needs thinning, but the idea is now visible...--

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first impressions -

these will be altered and in better perspective, but give the idea - the gardens themselves yet to be detailed for the most part, but will be presented after the 'floating' sections are formalized...

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have not posted in many weeks, so am posting this - is still in the doodling pencil stage, but the composition is gelling in my mind, and soon will begin sketching sections to solidify my mental image... what is it? is a large imagined Asian landscape showing a waterfall at the fore end of a lake, almost at eye level there, with far distant view of the back end of the lake... on each side of the falls, there are homes with extended gardens that cantilever down the sides of the sloping rock, sort of like the rice paddies on hills, then project out into the space, connected to each other, a series of Japanese style gardens that circle around the falls, connected at the foreground right the other side of the chasm, with an extension to the fore left, showing an apartment and balcony ledge, on which resides a resting figure that is overlooking the gardens... and am figuring will probably be a 40"x60" sized work... in a way, this is a further exploring of composing along the lines of "Moon and Tea", tho the composing is all in my mind and has been slowly coming into focus so can begin the sketches - in other words, the mental view is there, but the dickens has been in the details... so stay tuned, more will be coming...

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and is finished.........

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stream and dark green layering finished - now for the marine blue to finish the whole...

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almost there - just need glaze the night colors as deep on the rest as are on the left end

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clear glazing between layers, so not as much seems done, as per drying times...

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further work -

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update on "Moon and Tea", 20"x40", pen and acrylic inks on acid free foamboard - slowly layering in the night scene - dark green, light green, Indian yellow, olive green, sap green, ,marine blue, and Prussian blue as final layering in spots...

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putting in night scene colors, bit by bit in layers...

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the only way could show without glare -

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but after a break, went back and finished it - still a bit of wet reflection, but otherwise........

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try as I might, tho thought could do the sky in one fell swoop, the hand/arm would not co-operate, - but did get half down...

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and NOW FOR THE SKY !!!

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FINALLY - just the last tree to do, then the sky...

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been a busy on other matters past couple days, including my doc visit [am in good health], but have gotten this far on the background tree -

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and the stream is finished - now to do the rest of the background trees...

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using Rowney Blue acrylic ink...

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another background tree done, and finished the middle ground trees, and indicated the rest of the background trees... next, tho, will be the stream..

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last update of year on "Moon and Tea". 20"x40", pen and acrylic inks

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seeing the whole of it again...

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and the left foreground end...

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working the right end foreground -

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have essentially done the mid-ground, end to end... now to resume the background trees...

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finally got the left background tree stippled, and transferred the right end of the middle ground, which will be next to work on...

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and yes, need to re-angle position for night photos...

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the whole of it, showing how much more yet to do......

and yes, those marks on lower right are bloops - lid of bottle slipped out of my hand and bounced there - but no worries, as can turn into cane leaves, etc. as to the right of it will be the bridge between the shores...

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impatient, so decided to go do the grisaille, since have the rest blocked out except for the bridge at the right end...

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a lot more background trees to fill in, and rock detailing, but am almost to the right end -