I've embarked on another doodleism painting based on doodles from my 26th lab notebook from work. Its been awhile since the last one, Lab Book #25 Eclipse Flowers, mainly because I was accumulating enough material in the current lab book to start a new one, and its been busy times with the World Inspired Landscapes series which is almost finished, and a lot of location painting. Instead of trying to fill the painting with every single doodle, I took a different approach this time. First, I looked through the whole lab book and identified half a dozen sketches that were more complete, for example, a microscope with smiley faces in the lenses (as if you are magnifying something very fun). And a depiction of myself, paper thin and in an uncomfortable position (cropped on left of this drawing, cant spoil all the surprises). Another adjustment to the style was what you see here, the sketch which I did to arrange the main doodles and group some of them together in an interesting way. As I am painting now, there are a few changes to the plan, and for the blank spaces I am painting in filler from imagination instead of being stuck on the doodles so much. If you follow my art, you know that I have been working on the so called 'doodleism' style, and the lab book series since about the year 2003. The style has evolved a lot, but not quite got to the point where my audience, the viewers, are quite seeing what I see. Hopefully the new adjustments, that is, featuring certain elements more strongly, and downplaying the filler areas, wil make the painting more visually accessible and allow the viewer to enjoy the doodles as much as I do.
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