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Venus?

This is sort of an unexpected result. It's sort of fun to look at, but I felt so frustrated while I was painting it that I just wanted to give up. Everything on the page is sort of happenstance and chaos that I can't really take much credit for.

I originally wanted to make a landscape with iridescent bubbles in the foreground. I wanted to retrain the white of the paper for as long as possible: building up a mountain range in the background while keeping a few spots masked out. That plan fell through rather quickly, and left me with three awkward shapes.

I blamed myself for not really painting enough. I lamented the time I wasted with procrastination. I compared my previous work to my recent work. I did pretty much everything I could to prevent myself from moving forward. It was time to step away for a while and come back with fresh eyes.

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