one ruined painting

well maybe it's a good thing it was ruined. when i went to take the maskit off, the paper on the bear and the ducks pulled up. i tried to fix it a bit but it's a mess. (it doesn't look too bad here but in person what a nightmare) so i decided to really look at this painting and flipped it horizontally. what i decided was the following
it was a good thing it got ruined, as i may have decided it was good and it wasn't mediocre
1) the composition is not right, it's ok but not great...just mediocre and who wants mediocre?
2) the bear is rendered stiffly, and doesn't quite look as real as he should be specifically his hind leg
3) the snowy plains behind them are a bit muddy in color
4) the duck on the far right is not right
5) i am not sure i truly like the shadows and light, i think i need to make it more extreme
6) i think that the feeling of this is ambiguous as well- it isn't funny, it isn't scary, it isn't anything... but just there in other words it doesn't tell it's story well (and it is boring me)
so we got some issues with this

 

the good points...the sky
the snowflakes and the center duck's head

 

now as an aside, the ruined part is the paper's fault, it's a cheap grade of professional paper
it is fine for FAST loose studies but terrible for detailed over washes and glazed color, and obviously it can't take a mask either so now we know.

 

now as to the paper, there are two or three brands that i believe will stand up to what i dish out at it.... but they are like 12.00 a sheet, plus shipping. i can get four paintings out of one sheet which i realize brings it down a bit but i also need brushes too
i am at a loss as to what to do
i really wanted to go back and forth between blk /wht and color but it's starting to look like it may all have to be blk /wht as i may not be able to afford color!
but i am going to try a few more with arches paper..... and see how it goes, i have fabriano artistico paper as well so i will try that too.
but really i am thinking twin rockers ( a brand of paper) is what i need here.

ok back to daily life.
i got more seeds to plant today and i am going to try and clean some of the pens as well.
i don't know what to make for supper, last night was burgers as bernie got home so late, and i was pretty tired
i think i should consider a crockpot something today.
it looks like rain out there too
and i am sitting here in my sleep tee, and not really moving much!
just drinking coffee and thinking out loud to you all
sort of a few mental lists that i need to get done.

• a) winter coats washed, dried, and put up
• b) cardboard for the lasagna gardening taken out and put down on the garden
• c) deck containers refilled with soil
• e) canning shelves cleaned and jars all checked (one unsealed on me!)
• f) grain mill run ( sad to say i got this a few months ago and didn't run it yet- i swear i don't know what is wrong with me
• g) impatient seeds started-wow i am WAY late with that
• h) apple branches cut for the budgies (behind on that too)
• i) pens and crates all cleaned

so there you have it........ and dishes aren't even on that list! maybe i don't really have time to waste on painting and drawing, with all the stuff i need to do
oh man
so what do you think i am going to do today?
get the ducks out
do the dishes
start some seeds
and do some layouts for the next drawing
i am nothing if not a procastinator.................