Another reason I like painting with knives is that you can easily mix the paint on the painting. On this piece I caressed the paint to flat little dabs. Ridding the shape waved edges are important too, to help blend the tones and colors to create volume. I had never used knives in this way so I indulged in it's power. This painting took me about 5 to 7 hours in a days work. Speaking of which I've been painting my ass off for about 85 hours a week. It's paying off in technical improvement. Though I tend to fall back on everything else. Oh well. I've been laughing my ass off in fits, the music my art creates. I think I might be regressing in things but progressing in others. I'm always an optimist so things tend to even out.

I added 4 iron nails to the painting to add relate to the wooded door in the background. I'm not sure where they were going but I was in and experimenting mood and trusted my instincts. This style seemed new so I will try and make it even younger. So far I built up the paint to the nails mixing it to earthy colors. Using some tar jells and phosphorescent fabric paint. Oh yeah and theres a stag beetle like glob in the top left corner that was naturally formed and naturally kept.I wanted to some how turn the painting upsidedown then add drips that formed the painting. For now I'll just finish making a bridge like structure for the nails. Then spaghetti it.(my original intentions were to enlarge or fit the dabs to the different masses and shapes, mixing and creating value in one swoop. I was able to do just that though it was very time consuming. But this seems to work and makes me feel like an old master.)