corking out some ideas about color
Gouache
Gouache color study. May, 2015
Stretching another canvas... feels so good!
I'd rather look at spaces broken up by circles than squares today.
Gouache and water color. Getting somewhere with these thoughts. I always enjoy it when the paper breaks through to the foreground. Balancing gestural marks and controlled flat colors. Yes, persue this!
a palette and 3 acrylic plates. Ready to print.
Brushes, paints, blue gloves, and a cloth diaper. All are useful in the studio.
I like working with gouache. It doesn't tolerate too many layers. Forces me to finish a composition and leave it alone.
Gouache on paper. Paper breaks through to the foreground.
Map it out, paint by number...
resting next to flat file after inking.
Gouache on paper. Like a flag of a six fingered hand.
Another attempt... A sketch mapping out zones of color for a future composition. Assign pigments and paint by number. Aesthetics and logic should not be in opposition of one another.
March 2, 2015
Titanium white, Quinacridone magenta, Phthalo blue red shade (Acrylic paint). Mixing colors always makes me feel like an alchemist.
Ink on paper- could be fun to take this style towards print.
Work in progress- after tying together the composition with 15 simplified two color blends, things are starting to settle down. I'm approaching one of those moments where the work I have put in can 'succeed' in a balanced, 'finished' composition, or it can all fall apart back into an open undefined place.
Always a process, finding the resolution to an idea.
When things get too refined, but I just don't like them... Blow it up!
8"x10" Akua intaglio ink
3 plates ready to make a print.
Taking out a garage door and replacing it with a storefront for more comfort and light in the studio. Working out the details on the living room floor.