Red Now But For How Long? 😁

In response to @colorchallenge's post of ideas of things to photograph other than flowers, I decided to post this piece of unfinished art and it's story.

I've posted a few of my finished inspirational minis before but never something unfinished. This acrylic on board has had a very roundabout life already and, although far from finished, this is it's latest iteration.

Basically I didn't like all that had gone before so I gessoed over it and then, last Friday, I got it into my head to use up an old tube of red paint so I added that to this painting and here we are.

^{Be sure to click on the image to view it full screen!}

It actually started life as a commission for my brother and sister-in-law who wanted a yellow painting. I tried to persuade them to let me add another colour but they wouldn't have it. So, against my better judgement I gave it a go and ended up with this.

I honestly can't say if I was serious about this or whether it was a bit of a protest statement. That knitting you see on there is a cut up water bottle cover that my Nanny knitted that I'd had since I was a kid but which was long past it's best. I thought it might add a family type angle.

Come the unveiling bro and sis weren't very keen and didn't want it, so that was that.

From them on it became a bit of a dumping ground for bits of paint and papers I needed to find a home for.

Sadly, I don't have a picture of it when it was at it's most chaotic but you can get a feel of it if you look closely. Those three small circles, for example, are from when I was draining a pot of blue paint and wanted to get the very last bit out. 😁

Where will it go from here? Your guess is as good as mine! 😁 😁 😁

Thanks to @kalemandra for the daily color challenge.