MOSTLY MONOCHROME, Day 4

The exploration continues—create a piece that is mostly monochrome, with only 10-20% Something Else. Make at least one piece change significantly from start to finish.

I begin with collage, pattern, shape, texture, and scribbles. I use ink, graphite, and pastels.

Mostly Monochrome—start #4

Then I step back.

I identify a few areas of visual interest that could become my Something Else and circumscribe them with pencil. I decide to go with purples for my Mostly Monochrome—varying hue, value, and saturation.

I use pastels to jazz up the busy areas and to link them all in a chain of dots.

I step back again.

Oh. Seems like my Something Else is claiming more than its fair share of real estate, especially since the eye is invited to travel across the entire width of the page.

Huh.

Mostly Monochrome—false finish #4

SO hard to go in and cover up stuff that I like.

But, that's the job that needs doing, so I do it.

And live to tell the tale.

I add subtle texture to the Mostly Monochrome with light tone-on-tone stenciling (photograph not showing that subtlety) and pull back the color in some areas with rubbing alcohol.

Done.

Mostly Monochrome #4