Warm-Up Temporary Drawings
So, I poured washing-up liquid into my bath …as suggested. It was fun – a playful experience. I just drew shapes and lines in a haphazard way – as that’s all you can do – and this was the point. It didn’t matter. It didn’t have to be great, beautiful or interesting. It was just liberating. The green colour was pleasing. It was like a Martian Niagara Falls at one point!
When the liquid had all run to the bottom – it was a green mirror. The window reflecting back.
The texture of the liquid let me use it for drawing in. I drew with my fingers and hands – rather pleasing. I threw a few drops of red paint in – just to see if this was a good effect. I did film it – a speeded up version – but I cant post the film on this blog site.
Transient drawing – and the bath got a good clean! It was good for me to follow this process… as it starts to release you from a staid, static mindset.
Drawings made with water and a stick on an outdoor path. I drew trees as their shapes don’t have to be definite. They can be suggested without too much detail. I was pleased with the results – and away they evaporated, gone in minutes…..
I liked this image, as the light reflected in the trunk of the tree – giving a 3D effect. The random blobs for branches also made the image rounded rather than flat.
This image of a pansy didn’t work so well – water and stick is no good for detail. But the rain started to fall and it was gone……………….
Experimenting with Expressive Lines and Marks
Calm
Soft ripples outwards with a charcoal stick
Gentle wiggling, flowing black ink lines with cocoon shapes spiraling upwards
Waves with oil sticks – repetition and pulse
Waves with pastels – gentle and soft, beating. No end or start.
Anger
Jagged charcoal lines – sharp, like teeth
Scribble with an oil stick – what’s the point!!! ??
Sharp ink lines scratched onto the paper. Ink thrown on to the paper in disgust. What does it matter!??
Decided to then attack the paper with a knife…. just destroy………. you want to see anger? There it is!
Joy
All power seemed to head up-wards in these drawings.
Thousands of bubbles rising to the surface – drawn with pen – tickling and laughing
Ink scratches like fireworks – positive power and energy
Waves and ripples – like seaweed in a lively ocean
Charcoal wavy blocks – drawn quickly – spontaneous and without much thought
Empty
Thick full dense heavy charcoal frame – creating a chasm of empty paper within. Except for the lost dot in the middle of the page. An inside and an outside.
A meandering, complex pen frame outside with nothing in the middle – just wide open space..
Oil stick mini universes – one big, one small. With not much else inbetween.
Lines that never touch and never meet.
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