here we go again
5 new panels taped and primed with gesso
solid layer of black on 2 and blue on 3
then pink on black and green on blue
then scratch and roll and dredge with oowder pigment
more tomorrow
Tag Archives: process
6 pieces 3 easels 3 stages so far
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
start again
this was the repeat refrain on a 10 day meditation retreat I did a couple of years ago in Nepal
applies in all walks of life!
3 paintings in my studio this morning, stuck, frustrated, unresolved
so ‘start again’!
2 new canvases, 80cm square
3 layers, wet on wet, of contrasting colours, oil and cold wax medium
then some different powder pigments
I’ll go back to them later today or tomorrow, when they are drier but still tacky, and work ovee with a roller
and then start again
monolith panels history
mid winter pause for painting
29th of December and another batch of family visitors head homewards. Husband and 2nd daughter, 2nd daughters puppy, Holly collie, and our 2 dogs head off to walk to the top of snowy Errigal, leaving me to grasp the moment in my studio
a detail of texture
and my shoes!
emerging
Some more texture and colour layers on the two new panels
each 110cm x 80cm
Very wild and windy today, had to keep leaving the srudio because the stove was smoking
Starting to bring out the shapes with small lines and dribbles and scratches revealed wirh orange peel solvent
Detail close up shots, one from each panel
light fading
end of my painting day
daylight fading
fire is out
3rd layer complete and the strong red finally hidden ( for now)
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
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
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