November 15, 2023
Feeling the Buzz
I can feel creative energy zinging throughout my body of late and, somehow, my sense is that I can feel the movement of that buzz because I am inwardly still enough to do so. In any case, I’m running with it, so to speak!
My most recent adventure is fueled by a free mini online course with Monique Carr, Backstage Pass videos from Louise Fletcher’s Art Tribe membership, and past lessons and videos from Amanda Evanston.
The process for this project, which I forgot to photograph in its early stages, started with a sheet of 14 x 17″ paper on which I created what Amanda refers to as a chaos layer, in this case using a limited palette of black, white, and yellow iron oxide; markmaking with pencil and ink before and after applying paint; and adding splatters. In other words, have fun making a mess.
I then cut the paper into quadrants—four found compositions.
Here’s a sample quadrant, not yet developed beyond the chaos layer, and not the start for the finished painting depicted farther below:
Next step, choose an orientation, run a piece of painter’s tape along the top edge, brush loose black paint along the tape, and spritz it with water so the paint will drip ‘tree trunks’ down the page. While the paint is wet, scratch wildly back and forth on the page with the wrong end of a brush to create ‘branches.’
After that, fiddle with what’s on the page in whatever way you wish to create a found abstract landscape. When I noticed myself starting to move a little away from fiddling and closer to fussing, I disrupted my fussiness with some quick impulsive India-ink-and-dip-pen markmaking and a bunch of fat Stabilo pencil scribbles.
Done.
6 x 8.5″; pencil, acrylic, and ink on paper
abstract landscape
2023
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4 responses to “Feeling the Buzz”
oooooh! This piece! The title! The process! I am agog!
Fun title, yes! Thanks for mentioning the palette, Sheila; it was pretty amazing to work with black, white, and only one color.
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