end of my painting day
daylight fading
fire is out
3rd layer complete and the strong red finally hidden ( for now)
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panels progress
starting to cover the first layer of red with a pale creamy green
The strong red is proving to be very tenacious, adding marble dust and yellow powder pigment in with the green
first two layers nearly ready, coffee break before third layer!
anticipation
absence of colour
anticipation
preparation
2 new Millikens cradled birch panels, 110 x 80cm, taped edges, two coats of gesso
Hoping my new can of Gamblin cold wax medium arrives tomorrow via TN Lawrence art suplies
turquoise for the stones
I made 50 mince pies this morning
Maybe a transfer of eastern promise
The 4 most recent stones paintings are now turquoise
more stones
laying down the colour
4.30 saturday evening
frustrated by confusing results with 2 square stones paintings, so decided to lay the foundations for 2 new big ones
red on one, orange on the other first
then blue on both
then dark green on orange one, light green on red one
getting to dark to see the colours properly
call it a day
day 5 last post big stones
This is the final post on these 2 big stones paintings. I changed the shape of one of the stones because it was too symmetrical.
The two square 80cm canvases are moving along now with shapes revealing hesitantly
I sat for a bit in the clear upstairs space contemplating next moves accompanied by lovely shadows on the wall when the sun came out briefly
big stones day 4
a bit more of the same but slightly different
the 2 big stones paintings (100cm x 80cm) are nearly done I think
and 2 more 80cm square ones started
this purple one has the beginnings of a wall in dawn or dusk colours
I wonder what a neolithic community woyld have made of a flame filled sky?
stones (2 canvases 100 x 80 ) stage 3
the stones are slowly revealing themselves through the mists of time and layers wax
today I have first made some transfers of field patterns onto the touch dry surface from last nights painting. The transfer prep is like alchemy to me, mix a paste of powder pigment and nail varnish remover (!) paint the mixture onto a sheet of tracing paper ( I dont have any, so used a thin transparent shiny paper) it dries really quickly. draw through from the back so that the marks made transfer onto the canvas.
I then rolled, transferred and squeegeed 3 or 4 different areas with 2 different greyish colours of paint and wax, then rolled and squeegeed smooth. Incidentally covering over much of the field pattern drawing in the process
With solvent revealed some more of the stone shapes that wanted to appear, blotted off with tissue. Roughly scraped and scored around and about the shapes at different angles and depths
Thinking about the community that lived in the Ceide Fields. How did they work the stones with no metal tools? They had fire to roast their cattle, what was their relationship with fire, with their animals? With the stones?
2 x 100cm x 80cm stage 2
so here they are back in my much reorganised and spacious feeling studio
applied a few more layers using baking paper to transfer the paint with a roller
then ‘ revealed’ the beginning of a couple of forms wirh solvent, blotted with tissue
scratched a bit, smoothed a bit with a squeegee
photos are rather gloomy because its dark outside and studio lights are dim
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