Art journalers who embrace the unplanned,
who find their mojo in the serendipitous,
whose ideas bloom out of happenstance:
these folks will know this old trick: Squash that inky stencil between future pages of the book in which you’re playing and get the two-folded benefits of not wasting a drop of delicious colour and planting the seed for a creation yet to be born. That’s where this page began:
And another familar trick: glue in a load of the offcuts of paper that are littering the work table. Much of this was soon to be lost under layers of heavy paint. But that’s the nature of the ephemeral.
Last week’s pages were dominated by these faces. And where there are cut outs, there are the spaces from which they are cut. Add them to the gluings:
So I felt called towards bigger colors. More defining. Louder.
It came out as something a bit Easter Islandish, I like the way they are looking out:
One into the past, one into the future.
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i had a challenging afternoon of painting yesterday “what am i doing? what am i supposed to do? what comes next? why did i ever think i could paint? maybe i need more education? how did i do those last ones? dont want to just repeat? !!!!!” maybe looking at these will help
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Oh I do hope so. I totally get that. I have it too. I think all artists do. Hang in there! X
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I really like your starting point and your finished piece. They made me think of the art of Chagall.
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Well now that’s cool! I seem to be wondering in new directions! 😃
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I like the steps you took did in this work. Faces facing opposite each other is always an interesting piece.
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