This is by far the toughest painting I’ve worked on during Art Every Day Month 2015. I really struggled with the smooth and textured areas of the canvas. Part of the struggle was with the extreme verticality of the canvas, but I really wanted to capture the drama and ominousness of the song “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin.
Lessons learned while painting this:
- “Kashmir” is really, really ominous when you listen to it on repeat.
- Don’t be afraid of texture. Embrace it. But know when to paint smooth and when to reintroduce texture that you painted out.
- I’m tired of brown and blue. Why did I get back into that pattern again after doing it for years and getting tired of it before? Old habits die hard.