desert moon

Some of my favourite movies are ones that are completely unpredictable like, say, Crash. I hate it when they end. Paintings can be like that, too. How one painting plays out always influences how I expect the next one to unfold. Well, blow me down, it never works that way! This one required me to make one eensy change in imagery and repaint one teensy section, unlike the previous, oh, ten thousand. I didn't want it to end. I also expected this one to be very pale and bright, but I guess the moon was a greater influence than I was.

Coincidentally, this week's Illustration Friday topic is 'moon.' It's too bright out to take a proper photo today, so here's the final easel shot instead.

If you're interested in watching this painting morph from beginning to end there's a slide show here.