Little sketch for a lino print.
An idea for a lino print, still needs some work.
Some projects are on hold for the move I am about to undertake. One of the projects I am keen to get into is doing some quite large mandala prints. This is a detail of a small one I was playing around with tonight – the bigger ones I plan to make a lot more intricate and detailed.
Been meaning to do this for a while, so got stuck into it and started to mount all my drawings.
A small exercise I did to test some ideas for my major projects this year.
I am quite a fan of a lot of Sorolla’s paintings and spend all of yesterday prowling the internet to collect them. This one ‘A rooftop with flowers’ I am particularly fond of. I am also trying to be more detailed in my understanding of the process used by artist’s that inspire me. This is a few quick notes I have made for my personal use.
- He has painted on a white priming/straight onto canvas – you can see the white coming through in the reserves i.e. look at specks coming through in the Umber near (2) – also it helps to give the painting that very light luminous feel.
- He has done an underpainting in Umber which he uses as reserves in a lot of places and helps to make up that large dark foliage mass. I feel that he has maybe let the underpainting dry at this point and then done the next stages once the underpainting has dried – due to his scumbling over the Umber i.e. near (4)
- Painted in foliage, flowers, colours etc.
- He has used the Umber to achieve a mid in areas.
- He has gone back and removed excess underpainting.
I will soon be moving on, down the cost to an artist house right on the beach. Inspiration and creativity await. I will miss my current abode. I wanted this picture as a memory to keep.
A still life I did today on panel. I am quite happy with the colours in this one; whilst all being quite varied they still seem to harmonise. I am also pretty happy with some of the lines and strokes especially those concerning the apples and cloth.
I really want to start ‘merging’ somehow my contour drawing with a tonal practice. I feel it will be a challenge to develop the painting tonally whilst allowing my drawing to be seen and understood in it’s initial form. I really enjoy using a cool mid primings at the moment.
