the project from the bucket list is called “Metatropolis”, and projected to be on a canvas of 48″x78″ and visualizes an idea have had from the 70s and not dared to try for until now for the magnitude – what if FLW was commissioned to design a cliff city on, say, the Grand Canyon or similar… that is why this a prelude…

slowly moving along…

and this is the easel/board on which will first lay out paper to do the sketches, then transfer to canvas pegged here… the mattress goes up in the day, and easel moved out and sloped to work on…

the cat is a replay of my memorial of my first cat, as seen in “Shadow Watch”, from back in the 70s –

and note – even then had glimmerings of a cliff city… and yes, this poor Polaroid is all I have left of remembering this work….

as said, the grisaille is done, tho might add a wee bit on the apartments crossing the valley upper left, balconies, etc to give more sense of many apartments… adding greenery to the right rocks will be via colors…

being humid here in Florida, will let it sit for a couple days to make sure ink fully dry, so when do the clear glazing, there will be no smears – as has happened a few times in impatient past…..:lol: