Welcome, lovely humans, to The Painted Presence Project, where I plan to paint in silence for ten minutes a day for thirty days, all on the same 11 x 15 inch piece of watercolour paper. While this studio diary will only include images, there are full length videos available on Patreon!
I’m so all about light today.
I watched Frankenstein last night and I may never recover. I had a beautiful experience with studying the novel FORTY SOMETHING YEARS AGO, but this hit different for me, and there are no words for how deeply seen this movie makes me feel, and how beautifully these characters (yes, all of them) reveal something about myself to myself. Now, let me tell you that it’s FRUSTRATING beyond belief to be an ACTUAL POET and not have the words…
…So I laid down some darkness and then I played with light because what the heck else can I do when I’m this discombobulated??
Speaking of light, there are tiny flashes of light happening in the lower realm of my eyeball, and that could be no beuno. I’m seeing the surgeon today to see if all is well or if the detachment was not quite contained.
Please wish me luck?
I’ll update you tomorrow.
xo
Effy
P.S. Folks who are in my classes over on Into The Wild (my teaching network) or Patreon are getting video content every day throughout the course of this challenge. Folks who are subscribed to my YouTube channel will be getting video updates weekly or so. There may be stuff going up on TikTok. There will definitely be posts going up on Instagram.
Of course, this spot right here will ALSO serve as my studio diary, so I hope you’ll bookmark the site, and hey! EVEN BETTER! I hope you’ll sign up for the e-list, which I’ll use to let you know when a new post goes live. If you want the project PDF, here you go!