Boardwalk Bar part 21

 The parking lot wasn't quite as empty as it was last time, but still there were few cars in it this morning, and the 1st floor was pretty quiet.  I also noticed that much of the artwork that had been on the wall (kid's art) was gone now, in favor of signs just mentioning a new show coming soon.  Not that I miss the old art on display (some of which was already falling apart), but these largely empty walls seem very bare.  However, when I got downstairs and approached the closest door to the elevator (green door) I noticed a light was on.   Either Molly left it on or was still actually in the space.  Turned out it was the latter, and she was picking up stuff for a workshop on book making that she was doing.  After a few trips to the car she was gone and I had the place to myself.

Today's task was to continue the coloring process on my latest print.  First time coloring goes very slowly, as I need to carefully consider what I am putting down.  What I choose today won't necessarily be the final decision, but what I choose as I go will influence what I do in the first editioned proof.  So I  continued with skin tones, most of which were the same premixed color I used last time. I added some darker paints to this mix as I went, to add a little variety to the piece.  None of the photos I have show anything but white people, and bars tend to have this same racial balance, but the boardwalk I know doesn't, so my boardwalk bar will have a little variety as well.  In a few cases I put in some hair and clothes, but most are still blank.  This will take time.  I also put some color on the television screens in the scene- just blurry color for now.  Results from today can be seen below:

That bright green in the lower left corner seems very bold right now, and it may yet change, but I am keeping it for now until I put some other colors around it.  For all I know, it's the right one.  Putting skin hues on so many faces pointed out how many of these will need more cutting.  But that's a task for another day.  Looking at it today, I realized that I am more than halfway done with it, though what remains will not be easy.

I had a plan for music today, but it turned out I did not have that particular disc with me (actually I had it, but just didn't see it), so it didn't happen.  Instead, I went with another disc from my rock/pop book, my Shazam disc, another one originally made for the Texas trip, never used there, and found its way to my Studio.  I have listened to this one a lot and written about this Tennessee band before on this blog, such as a posting from January of 2020.  Not surprisingly, good music to make art to.