Day two hundred and ninety-five: Poking about photos I’ve taken in art museums, I ran across several from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. At the time, in 2009, I remember being surprised by his color choices in several of the paintings, and the bold use of brushstroke Munch used to blend the colors on the canvas. Tonight’s sketch was inspired by a detail from one of those paintings, although it doesn’t come close to working as well as the original, which somehow seems studied and refined despite the unorthodox style. What I realized while working is that Munch must have had a complex plan and set of ideas that steered his choices. Anyway, this is my version, and for better or worse, it was sure fun to play with paint!
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