Here are a couple of simple geometric abstractions.

Ironically, I started this series with the intention to create interesting textures, based on simple curves, that I could apply as a background to large flat areas in an image like this.

As the series developed, the textures became less curvy and more jagged and became the foreground focal point.

Now here, the texture is minimal, just a little ridge between color regions.

I like this "painting on ridges" technique. It works best with a reduced palette, or a low density underlying texture.

And here is Curve Textures #2 recolored.

Here I revisit Curve Textures #12 with coordinated colors.

In this image there is more coordination between the colors and the texture than in the previous.

Several more follow without words. I am just being lazy, and too often I just say what is obvious in the picture.

If you put words in the comments, I will add words to the post.

The background color is just there. It is remotely related to the texture pattern. Right now, I am more interested in the texture / shading. So I did not put much effort into the background colors.

I am revisiting some ideas from earlier in the Workshop 202306 series. Here I am using curves and lines to create shading and shadows. In the past I would have drawn the curves using different colors. That shadowing creates quite a different impression (unintended, but serendipitous, pun).

This is almost a continuation of the Workshop series. But that series was getting long, and there are enough of these with a common theme, so I am breaking them out into a new series.

Well, the blog has been idle for a week now. I have been busy with other stuff, and just feeling lethargic in general. None of that has really changed.

But if I indulge in the laziness it takes over, so I need to push through it. So I am posting something today.