I was going to play with flower doodles again.
And then that's not what happened.
I grabbed a piece of manila stock, set up a tonal palette of black, browns, white. Picked up a palette knife and scraped some paint across my canvas. Scratched across the wet paint with the end of the knife a few times. Let it dry. It was basically a small mess of scraped paint on paper.
I used a brayer to veil some of it.
Sat staring for a minute or two. Reached for stencils—nah. Reached for pens. Yah, maybe. Drew some lines.
Reached for oil pastels.
Done.
Short, sweet, satisfying.
I don't know why these tonals are calling to me. I just know they are. I don't know why abstraction is calling to me. I just know it is.
This piece has a magnetic quality for me.
Isn't this just the best little mystery?
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| Thicket 4x5", acrylic, ink, and oil pastel on manila stock abstract 2016 gifted |
6 comments:
Yes, it absolute has something magnetic and mysterious! The fun is: it might be abstract, but I had a very 'real' experience. Like crispy snow, leaves, branches, winter.
Beautiful!
And I love that they seemed to come out of 'nowhere'... You did not think it up, the painting just wanted to come out!
Love that you had a very 'real' experience of crispy snow, leaves, branches, winter—awesome! Thanks for letting me know.
I totally loved that this little painting seemed to come out of 'nowhere'—such paintings are so nourishing. They keep me painting : )
Love, love, love. Makes me think of Colorado, snow and sun, trees. Memories from my youth. Walking with friends and having fun. Warm fuzzy feeling, Thanks Dotty :)
Sheila, so glad this piece resonated with you. It makes me smile each time it catches my eye—it's perched on a gallery shelf in the room where my granddaughters are currently bunking in : ) Love that it evokes Colorado/snow/sun/trees memories for you.
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