Here’s my painting of the plant stalk with leaves that I’d worked towards over the past few weeks through my drawing. It’s in oil on canvas. I really enjoyed the orange especially today as it sang back to me. It’s important to keep the energy and rawness of the marks through the stages. I feel my way towards this. I go to the park to walk and meditate before working to clear my mind and put myself in the right creative space. This is always necessary as life has a way of encroaching and I can lose focus. I now know how to give myself the best chance of painting in an authentic way. The actual making of the marks is a very small part of the process. Time contracts whilst I’m working and it’s suddenly dark.