Went to a Pastel Society "paint-in" last Saturday and got my Mardi Gras Mary mostly completed! It was an idea for a composition that came up while I was setting up for Rome. Very happy with Mary thus far, but will have to refer to photographs for the accurate placement and my re-created arrangement for the color. Hate to do that, but I just ran out of time. It is very loose compared to my last pastel and a relief to be coming along as well as it is. There will be no pictures until it's done.
Plugging away at the grape leaves of Rome today. Have kind of decided on a loopy diagonal path of "in focus" subjects within the composition. Feel like I've lost some momentum, but I have all day today, Thursday and Friday to get that back.
Feel that nip of competition with my painter colleagues again. It nags at me and I don't like it. Makes me feel petty. I still want to be as successful as them, but not in the way they are. That doesn't make sense to people that don't know me. Won't dive off that bridge here - sorry!
Lunch is over, so I'll walk the dog and get back to work.
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