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This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is Focus; “…For this challenge, get out there and take a picture demonstrating the concept of focus.”
Each week I photograph the progress on the compass design (painted on concrete floor) from several vantage points, so with pleasure I present the almost-finished design from many-different angles.
Because this is a floor, I keep asking myself, “Lisa! Are those little bitty details really important?”
The outside border of the mosaic needs a touch of depth. Trust me, it will be worth it!
Standing on tip-toe, I balance long enough to shoot straight down! (Four-foot wide circle)
The Magic Carpet needs a compass, don’t you think, in case of rain or snow or fog or new-moon nights!
🙂
Once the varnish is applied, my chances of fine-tuning are finished.
Each floor tile will get one more thin layer of paint; three to four layers produce a much-more believable floor than one thick application of paint. Shadows and highlights will consume several hours of my attention and require a very sharp focus! I eat every few hours to keep my blood sugar stable, which keeps the hand steady!
Which do you like more, the magic carpet, the turtle or the compass?
Z
Zeebra Designs & Destinations 
And why do I have to chose? I want, I mean, Love them both! Your tone and use of color makes me smile all over :>)
thanks! it’s taken a lot more time than i’d planned, but it balances that end of the floor! glad that it makes you smile!!!
The compass! And for proof that my choice is a real choice, go look at my About page and scroll down to “Basic Life Choices”. Compass or map? I asked. Answer – five years ago or more – Compass!
your ‘\about” page is a joy! i loved all of the quotes as well!
What a question! I love them both. I’m amazed at how effective they are – well, having seen your art before, I’m not really amazed, just very intrigued! Tony
thanks tony! they’re both complicated, though your x-ray images have much more depth!
Unfair question! But your compass is looking gorgeous. GORGEOUS.
thank you! you’re always there with positive feedback! 🙂
Stunning~
thank you, cindy! z
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Focus on a challenge..
thanks! i’m glad you enjoyed the post!
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Beautiful, Lisa! I wonder how would anyone have the heart of walking on those! You should start thinking of a high-bridge:-D
you made me laugh! yes, that’s a great idea! z
All are beautiful…really stunning. The compass is a wonderful addition to the floor, I agree. Such a joy to see! Thanks for sharing!
i’m glad you like the compass, my something-wonderful friend!!!!! :))
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Wow !
lots or work for a floor! it’s going well, though today i’ve been painting boring tiles!
Lovely photos for this challenge.
You have boundless energy and imagination! Do you ever sleep!!??
ja! yes, i sleep well! with the bad internet, it’s best for me to wait until late at night to upload images when it’s faster. then i sleep late the next morning!
I cannot make such an important decisions This early with no coffee yet…. they are all awesome!
ha! i understand! coffee. hmm, i’m up late tonight, and coffee sounds like a smart choice right now. i’m about to be away from the house for two weeks, so it’s last-minute details on several projects.
The compass is so perfect for your magic carpet, now I’ve seen them together I cannot imagine one with out the other
that\s a very sweet comment! i wish you could see them \in person.’ shall i send the carpet for you and jack?!
YES PLEASE we would come in an instant.
the sun’s about to peer over the horizon.. during that hour, the magic carpet flies really fast! see you soon! z
What a magic time, I am with you in thought. If only we could go as fast as this internet connection. The ultimate time travel.
I love them both, but the carpet really grabs me for its sense of floating on air. Beautiful work!
thank you! now i need to cut a hole in the upstairs floor to take a good photo of the entire floor!
Careful, eventually, you’ll be standing on the peak of the roof for the entire picture. All very beautiful work. I’m impressed!
ha! you’re right! i’m prepping a new area (the bodega is in an ‘L’ shape… and i’m pondering that i need a larger studio!! one runs out of wall space really fast!
maybe i should go ‘up’ so that the floor area stays the same! i’ll kill myself if i keep finding new areas of floor to paint! z
Impossible to decide! Your focus is remarkable! I never realized that a steady hand requires a snack every few hours to keep the blood sugar stable. Good tip! 🙂
si; eating small amounts of food throughout the day helps me! when i don’t eat right/well, my blood sugar falls, and my hands are jittery.. thankfully i learned that by trial and error about twenty or more years ago and rarely suffer from an unsteady hand.
usually before i tackle a big project, i try to go outside and walk/sprint/walk/sprint, as painting is not the best exercise for one’s health!!!..
Well once again I will say.. …”YOU Always amaze me!!” It just never stops!! Have known you for…mmmm….. over 13 years and your paintings just get more amazing each time you paint…Well I guess that’s because you are just an “Amazing Artist”!! I agree with others…..choosing between the two would be extremely hard as both are so unique/beautiful and stunning … Thanks again for allowing me to be one of your students and have the privilege of sharing a small part of working with you on the “Magic Carpet” …. Hugs and more Hugs to you Liza!!
thanks amiga! i’ve been working on floor tiles today, and wow, i’ve though of you a lot. i also found an easier way to fill in that first layer of color! you’ll be pleased when we have a new joint-project in the future! z
This is absolutely amazing and, yes, the details are important and appreciated.
thank you! the details are going well! z
hi Lisa, strolling through Berlin at midnight, I noticed a graffiti painter, working with bright colors under the light of a big big lamp. Your work in my mind I asked her, where she came from. Venezuela she said:
wow, i love that painting!!! thank you so much for sharing that photo and for thinking of me!!!
z
They are excellent together, of course. 🙂
thanks! i’m very pleased with the design of the room! i’m pondering ‘what’s next’!
We all need a compass from time to time, especially if the magic carpet gets you lost.
oh yes.. that magic carpet has a way of making one feel quite turned around! it’s almost ready for varnish! z
If I had to choose, it would be the compass. No! The turtle. No wait! Ok. Yes. The compass. (And the turtle and the carpet). Sorry this test is too hard for me. ;-(
you’re so funny! i have the same problem – it’s like choosing one child over the another!
I think I could do that easier. Kidding!!!
Glad I made you smile, although I’m sure you don’t need me for that!
Compass is winning? Well, it’ll be so useful! 🙂
Love them all, Zee.
yes, i think so! the compass certainly demanded more hours, but the turtle is happy and carefree!
Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful!
thank you! i’ve worked all night and hope to get the varnish on it before i leave at 8.. i’ll be away from home for two weeks.. busy month ahead.. busy two months ahead! z
Have a safe trip! Will you be riding on the magic carpet and using the compass to point the way? 🙂
This is too beautiful to be a floor that you walk on! The whole thing is coming together wonderfully, Lisa. It is impossible to choose which I like best.
it would be so great if you were here to help with some of the painting.. you’d certainly nail any of those difficult areas, and you’d also appreciate some of the goofs.. working round and round on the compass, i sometimes got turned around myself! z
I would love to help you with a project like this! My husband often comments that I excel in doing small repetitive details with which he has no patience. Send the magic carpet – I’ll be right over!
It’s the magic carpet!! Is it party time again? I can’t do another party until after moving day this Friday. But then I’ll be ready! 🙂
janet
hmmm my week is going to be very busy as well.. by the end of the weekend, things might be slower for me as well. let’s put those thoughts in the incubation chamber!!!
Fantastic…and who can choose, each is a class of its own.
thank you! when i stand and critique the entire room, it’s hard to decide as well. they eye flows well, and there’s quiet to balance against the busy…
z
Such stunning work, Z! I don’t remember seeing the floor from this perspective. I thought you were painting on tile! I didn’t know you had painted the tile, as well. Simply amazing!
Hugs from Cuenca,
Kathy
They’re all beautiful Lisa, but as a map guy, I gotta go with the compass. ~James
Los Dos
Both of them are beautiful
the detail is so amazing
the compass is coming along very well
you have lots of patience my friend
I don’t think I can do something like
this, to think you are painting floor
Not fair that you ask us to choose! Your creativity, the depth of color, the immense detail that you add to all you do make you the amazing artist you are. I must admit that the compass is very, very special. 🙂
Thanks, LuAnn! I’m glad that you liked the compass! it’s evolved a bit more!
How can you ask such a question? All three of course – together. And I totally agree with you the Magic Carpet does need a compass – to keep direction. As does the turtle need a Magic Carpet to move around fast enough to have fun – and then of course the compass. The floor is going to be so awesome. Already now it looks great – almost being done. I might have to come and look it up myself.
These are amazing, Lisa! You are such an amazing artist!!
Beautiful work, Lisa 🙂
I’ve been out of town and away from the computer. What a joy to see this compass. The detail is perfection, to say the least. However, we can’t do without any of them. Tortuga needs a compass to ride on the magic carpet. I hope he flies here and picks me up. 🙂
Lees, you have been my compass more times than I can count!
my dear amiga! thank you! i’m siempre aqui para ti!
Wonderful, seriously all three are perfect and shows off how meticulous you areas an artist. Simply beautiful designs, gorgeous colors – I’d be afraid to walk on the floor. I love this.
thank you! i’m away from home right now, so the compass area is getting a rest!
thanks! i look forward to watching your design evolve!
All of it.
For me the carpet goes so well with the compass.
Oh my they are all so perfect Lisa!!! You can’t possibly expect us to choose 🙂
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