This idea of planning an abstract for a weekly challenge was new for me. On reflection, I wouldn’t do it again with a (not very long, taking into account work and other deadlines - which, although obviously not as pressing, still pay the mortgage).
The main difference I noticed between following a plan and following the canvas, sotospeak, was how anxious I got when something didn’t work ACCORDING TO THE PLAN!!!
Normally if something goes wrong I either work with it (if it’s an interesting-looking mistake) or ditch it and start again (if it’s not).
This image isn’t how I imagined it, there’s a few things I’m not happy with (again, wouldn’t matter so much if I wasn’t WORKING TO A PLAN!!!
) but I’m working all day Friday and after all this I’m going to put up an image, dammit.
The montage below shows about 1/4 of the saved steps, but the basics are shown: my own bg (SketchClub, Pixlr, Formulas), some elements from SketchClub, more from Mixerpiece, then mainly blending and erasing and overlaying in Repix Union Formulas and SnapSeed.
So thanks
FundyBrian for the idea - I’ve learned something more about the story I have in my head about “me and art”.
View attachment 120843