WED 23 JULY
In the Ship Inn of course, having a pint with Bonnard!
In the final session, the breakthrough came with a simplification of the window with lemon yellow - colour is light! - unashamedly referencing Bonnard's 'Studio with Mimosa'. 1939-46. A much more satisfying proportion now of yellow to blue, (with punctuations of pink). A second beermat was introduced... and rejected, a final Indian Yellow brushmark on the right of the blue bench/band instead. We're done.
Enjoying how the pint glass almost hangs from the canvas-divide...
In my notes, I wrote 'Too many verticals and too evenly spaced!' Much more interesting above, with the space opened up. At one point there was a figure on the left edge - very Bonnard - now we have 'the possibility of flowers', a first in my work!
The canvas I intended to use wasn't square so I swapped it for a twin-canvas I'd put aside for my next BOOK' painting, based on 'Brighton Rock'. Immediately, I knew I could use the canvas-divide as part of my window. A cool pink ground with a touch of green, followed by mainly transparent yellows, Michael Harding Bright Yellow Lake and Indian Yellow and a cool Cerulean Blue.
'Information' drawings on the left and drawings from memory on the right, with the idea emerging of putting my last painting 'Porthleven 80' in the window, instead of the view of the clocktower, continuing the diagonal of the table to the top-right corner. The painting takes elements from all the drawings.
