The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

I painted this little section yesterday. Today I couldn’t bring myself to do anymore. I’m so over these wrinkles. Tomorrow I might start my Bosch study to give me a break from this painting. I will finish it, but I really, really need to do something else for awhile. I…

I haven’t done any painting in days. Here is an updated image of what I have finished while I was at the beach. Tomorrow I plan to start back on the torso and legs. It’s become really tedious doing the suit. So many wrinkles and it never ends! Hopefully this…

I continued to work on the suit today. It’s coming along ever so slowly. So far I have re-worked the area I did yesterday and started on the middle bit. Tomorrow I am going to do the lower torso. I have yet to attempt the head because I am intimidated…

Today I did a bit of the torso and started the neck. There’s still a lot of work to do on that neck area. Tomorrow I will finish that and start the head and goggles. I predict the goggles are going to be tricky as any see-through material is. They…

I worked on the left arm today and I don’t like it as much as the right arm but it’s okay. The glove still bugs me a bit but I need to let it go and move on. I’ve been working over the same areas for days. Tomorrow I am…

Wednesday Today I worked on the other hand and the rest of the right sleeve. This is going to take a very long time to finish as I seem to be only able to do small sections of the suit at a time. Tomorrow I won’t have time to paint…

8:30am Today is the Columbia Gorge Marathon and I am currently waiting for it to start. They are serving bagels and peanut butter with honey for breakfast so I’m having some of that. There are a lot of dogs here because it is a dog run as well (they start…

I worked on the hand, face, and arm of the little girl today. The day was fairly busy so I didn’t have time to do anymore than this. Monday I will tackle the sweatshirt and tee shirt poking out underneath. This was my first time painting African skin, and I’m…

Today I did the background. It took a couple coats to get it really solid. Some areas look like they still need some more paint. Tomorrow I tackle the child’s head, hand, and arm. I ran a 5k today. It was a slow run, but I felt heavy on my…

I finished the drawing this morning. FINALLY I’m through with the worst part of the painting process. The whole thing took 4 hours to do. Now it’s time for the enjoyable part, actual painting. Tomorrow I’ll fill in the background which will require a couple of layers to get it…

Today I did the other arm of the suited figure and his lower body. It took a long time as the suit is full of wrinkles and is much harder to draw than the body of the girl I did yesterday who is just in a loose sweatshirt. I did…

Today I drew the lines onto the canvas using the grid and took a Ritalin to help get started with the process because I hate doing it so much. It took a really long time to get anywhere and I’m only about a third of the way finished. I planned…

I started a new painting. It’s another PPE one. Here is the outline of the photograph ready to be transferred onto the canvas. It’s going to be 16×20 inches because I have a frame free for that size. All those lines are going to be hard to draw accurately onto…

I didn’t do any art today. It’s been 10 days of doing art every day and I need a day off or I’ll burn myself out. My next goal is another Bosch study on the iPad. I need a break from PPE work. Also I am giving up Inktober and…

I did not do Inktober today. Tomorrow I will do two drawings, but today I really wanted to focus on finishing my painting. All I had left was the glove and originally I split that into two days, but I figured if I put some extra time in today I…