85% is not a bad number to have in terms of how much work you've put in on a piece that's 6'X4' large. The framing and extenders will likely make it more closer to 7'X5', but it's at a stage that none of the size, minor mistakes, and beautiful detail matter anymore.
This acrylic, watercolor, pen & ink behemoth is both a monster and a masterpiece. Done for my wife, I've never done anything this large before, and will likely not do it again (unless someone offers the moon). But an important factor is the availability of brown ink - discontinued in production by Rotring which has left me scrambling to find Red and Green ink (which combines to make many shades of brown).
I've decided to do pieces number 2, 3, 4, & 5 in blue ink, not just because of the abundance of blue, but also because in the past, many have responded well with the way I handle my relatively monochromatic blue pieces. Perhaps a dash of purple is thrown in for good measure, and the attention-grabbing yellow is thrown in to capture your eye, but all in all, everything else will be in blue.
So, it is time to wrap up this time and soul consuming 6x4 piece and turn my attention to other pieces as the April 30th show nears. We need to finish everything that's going up on a wall by April 14th, and being the de facto head honcho of XAG is kind of a drag because everything is channelled through me.
The way this was designed to operate was to allow my own personal site, http://www.theruddude.com to have reciprocal back links with the upcoming XAG site - exposing my work/site more and allowing more social media traffic. However, coordinating the work of 7 artists with that of my own and fixing the catering + arranging the culinary arts people to stage their demo on the show's opening is a full time job by itself.
It's time to roll up my sleeves and suck it up even more.
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