oil and wax on panel, 16x20, 'Sometimes In Her Sleep'
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
learning to read......
For me it's always been about texture and patina. Those are the things I'm attracted to. Developing texture by layering is my technique. I'm not a technical painter, but obviously this is a technique to achieve that aesthetic that I'm so attracted to. The layers are started of course with just the cleaning of my tools and then when I start the real work, I add more. Thin layers, thick layers, partial layers, collage layers, wrong layers, right layers, - many artists do the same, it's not rocket science for sure. During this process I scrape (sometimes wet, sometimes the paint is set) back some of what I just laid on. This scraping back can be anywhere from tiny bits to a whole clean slate - nothing precise, just working on reading what lays beneath. With the cold wax medium, I now layer that as part of the process - the patina is created during the scraping back - as I was working on the painting below yesterday, I realized that I was reading what I found under the layers. Because I can't remember what has been laid down under the new paint, I'm always surprised at what I find. It's like a treasure hunt, digging through the layers and trying to read what those fragments are saying to me. This is what I've learned this week.
It's already the weekend, have a good one. I'll be back here next week!
It's already the weekend, have a good one. I'll be back here next week!
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15 comments:
great description of your process. it's so much fun to hear these details of how other artists work. I like this loose, discovery oriented process. I like that you are on a treasure hunt and that you are reading below the surface. such richness in your description
and great looking piece!
Scraping back the layers... It really is an exciting art process.
Hi Jeane. Reminds me of some of the free music I do - trying to let the instrument find the music hidden in the sounds. Ax
Amazing painting, i love it!
good morning Carole, thank you - I don't think it has changed much over the past 20 years - I'm always on a learning curve, but the process seemed to have always boiled down to this treasure hunt xoxo
it is, isn't Robyn! how does the pass inform today - thank you xoxo
always a hard thing to do, allowing the art to inform us - letting go of the control, but that is where the best stuff is, no? thanks Annie
hello art, thank you so much :)) glad you stopped by :))
Sounds like so much fun . . . uncovering, the element of surprise.
Love my layers of texturing and discovery too and I love hearing/seeing your process and the amazing pieces you complete
natural talent needs to special technique ...
Layering....the process of life itself. The first 30 years I built up layers, the next fifteen years I peeled back layers; the next fifteen years I was aware of my layers; the last ten years I CELEBRATE my layers....Discovery is a wonderful think ....do the work and the by product is happiness, and hopefully, a well developed canvas or person.
hello Kathryn, I scrape back like a Ninja! take no prisoners! glad you came by :))
Hi Bren, gotta love texture and patina - getting today all mixed up with a week ago and then throwing in a little yesterday - connecting the dots :))
Hey Daryl - thank you so much - ditto!! xoxo
well said Karin - have a wonderful time away in the sun!! xo
Oh yes, learning to read and then there is the part about learning to trust or learning to lose something in the uncovering...it is all as magical as your header photo!!
I love the description of your process!
good morning Mary Ann, yes! you make such a good point because we always have to sacrifice something for the other, no? the photo is a walk on a high bluff above the water - there is a goat along this path too xox
Hi Seth, from one texture addict to another xox
love it! and love hearing your process~
good morning donna, thank you so much! So happy you stopped by! :))
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