Hi-Ho! And off to werk I go...
I've spent the morning jumping from canvas to canvas, doing a bit here, a bit there. Werking on things that haven't seen the light of day for months and months, and everything remains in a half-finished state. These are just two of the paintings that have seen the business end of my brush:
I'm starting to think I need a new project to really get my teeth into.
This new "rock face" could be that project. Looks like there'll be quite a bit of werk prep-ing the ground before the neon is added.
So I sat there, contemplating my next move. Gazing round the studio... As if in a trance I approached the large square canvas on the wall, applied a little oil paint (Coeruleum Blue and Burnt Sienna) to areas at the foot of the picture plane. Then out comes the ink and a frenzy of activity; then on goes my pint glass of water...
next: thinned-down Cobalt Blue and White, more water, more paint; then the dregs of everything I've thrown at it, that has collected in the trays underneath, that goes back down too. I have paint on my hands and paint splashed across my face, and the feeling is good.
I have another go: water; charcoal; brush it around; scrape some old flake white paint across with a palette knife to suggest a cloud; and, of course, more filthy run-off water... I sit back and take it in: a good start.
And to finish off for the day: a little more werk on the orange neon glowing 'NO'.
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