weekly retro #77: blue skies and painted pixels

after a week of smoke in the air and severe thunderstorms and heat, we got to see a week of blue skies and an atmosphere that doesn't burn one's nose more than it usually does around this car-dominated hellscape. this week we were all outside and it ruled. as i've gotten myself pretty locked into a fitness routine, this week i wanted to do the same for my art. taking time to paint, carve wax and touch clay is as good for my body and mind as lifting weights and walking on the treadmill while watching people outside the window fucking with the delivery robots. does your city have those stupid delivery robots too? i finally finished this fucking painting after working on it in small sessions, some while livestreaming, over the past two months. and what luck it was that i had just the right amount of pink gouache for the background. i need to figure out how to digitize large paintings like this one that do not fit in my scanner, probably gotta charge the nice camera and set up some…