The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

I didn’t do any art today because I had worked the last 4 days and I need to take a break from the Ritalin. If I take it every day, it will stop working so I need to have days every week where I don’t take it. My psychiatrist gave…

Today I worked on the torso and arm of the boy. It took a lot longer than I anticipated so I only got a little bit done. The hand was really hard and most of the time was spent trying to get that looking right. Now I’m thinking it will…

Today I worked on the legs of the little boy. They weren’t too difficult and it didn’t take me very long to finish them. At this rate I should only need two more days to finish the entire figure maybe even one day. Once I’m done with this painting I’ll…

Today I finished the left suited figure. The face shield was tricky to render but I think I got it looking alright. Now that I’m done with the plastic suits I can tackle a normally clothed person with skin showing. Sometimes skin is really tricky to do in acrylic because…

Today I finished the torso, it didn’t take very long to do but I wanted to divide the work of finishing this figure between today and tomorrow because otherwise I might get a little intimidated by the task. I can only paint for short periods, even with Ritalin. Eventually I…

Today I worked on the arm of the left suited figure. It was particularly tricky. The little bit of glove that’s showing looks wonky but maybe that will improve after I paint in the boy’s sweatshirt and the rest of the yellow suit that surrounds it. Overall I’m not unhappy…

Today I did some abstract drawing. It was really hard as I haven’t worked without a picture or tried to do something that isn’t figurative or representational in a long, long time. I didn’t feel like sharing my work today because it’s so bad right now. I’m only beginning so…

Today I worked on the legs of the left suited figure and finished them. I have three more days to finish this person which should be adequate. Next week I will tackle the boy being held up between the two men. Then I should be done with the painting in…

Today I finished the right hand figure entirely. The glove was kind of bugging me yesterday so I tweaked that a little bit and I did the backpack. Tomorrow I won’t have time to paint, but I will pick this back up and work on the central figure on Tuesday…

Edit: I didn’t quite finish the right figure but I shall by the end of tomorrow. My friend is coming over and I am going to paint while she crochets and we are going to watch Mansfield Park. I am hoping to finish the right hand figure today. No picture…

Today I worked on the arm and shoulder. I am aiming to have this figure done entirely by the end of tomorrow (I’m having a buddy over to do art with me so I should be fairly productive). If it takes me about a week to do each figure, then…

I did not do any art today. Instead I wrote some letters that I had been meaning to write for awhile. I have two pen pals I keep up with, one is my uncle in Philadelphia and the other is a woman I met online around 13 years ago on…

Today I finished most of the upper torso of the right figure and I will complete it entirely tomorrow (it needs a lot of tweaking as I am not very happy with it right now). Next I’ll do the head, backpack, and arm and that will be an entire figure…

Today I took a break from painting because I worked on my new PPE work 7 days in a row last week and I don’t want to burn myself out. I may end up working a little bit on it when my friend is visiting today because we will be…