Referencing previous Blog:
Fuchs, R.H. (1986) Richard long by R H Fuchs. Thames And Hudson. (EVAC).
Banning, D. (2013) Sticks and stones: Richard Long and his love of the land Available at: http://prodimages.exhibite.
_26_March_2013.pdf Accessed 12 November 2013)
Step by Step
First image:
This piece of work started as an experiment in my sketch book. Firstly using acrylic paint I used light shades of the colours green brown and grey. It was simple and began to set a tone of colour and abstraction.
I then began to lightly sketch on top when dry with a pencil which gave it a slight presence of the landscape.
Second image:
The second image is a close up of the first stage and shows a transparency within the paint. I really like the dark brown rough line vertically sitting down the page as I feel it gives the piece definition. It gives it an edge which without I think the piece would be a lot less effective
Third image:
The third image shows the next step. Guided by the faint pencil lines I began to use thicker paint to illuminate areas of the image. I began to feel the essence of the landscape come through.
Final image:
The final image shows the piece on the floor in my sketch book. On the left hand side of the sketch book I have the image which I took at the park. The image looks darker however I have used some different shades to illuminate and put my individual representation on it. I again in the final image added darker brown and greens into the painting trying to make sure the same level of abstraction was still there.
Reflection:
I do feel I am beginning to capture the essence of the landscape which I set out to do at the beginning of third year. I am trying to show the repetitiveness of the walks and have a pathway as dominance through some of my works.
I do still not feel as this image is finished as I think it needs more layering and possibly layers of different papers to build up textured areas. I would also like to work more close up with some photographs and works like this one as I feel it would be effective.
I am also making sure that I do not make the painting all the same with the same medium of paint, this being because my past few works have worked well using a mixed media abstraction. I need to make sure this is still a main focus to my practice.
