Donation continued/Phase 1
In the first pass I decided to add more shapes in a lighter tone to breakup the "background" color and to try to create some depth. My greatest fear is that it will become muddy as I add more elements to it so I have to remind myself not to stay within a certain color pallet (at this stage). Since I'm going to be glazing (transparent layers of paint washed over other layers) I started with white rectangles, then a maroon triangles, and then orange shapes. Though the final pieces will be two vertical diptychs (20"x48") I've chosen to work on the four panels as a whole at first so that no one panel becomes precious and I can think about using larger elements. I'm keeping a little gap between the panels so paint doesn't sneak in between. I haven't decided if I will hang them attached or with that gap -- depends on the wall and the lighting -- I think.