I started another big painting in the last few days. Back to canvas again after playing with voile for a while. Trying to get it nice and layered and raw. I like the coldness of the blanked out sections that I’ve been usingand I’ll continue on the route for a while longer and see where it takes me. I got some of the school kids to be my assistants last week. I got them priming a canvas and tearing paper and then blocking in sections. It was an interesting little experiement. They kept asking me what I would do next, my reply being something along the lines of “when I’ve done that, I generally, sit down, drink coffee and think about what I’ve just done and what I’ll do next”. I’ve sinced worked on that piece a fair bit, and they came to see the progress yesterday.
I’ve been playing around with colour too, just adding bits here and there, almost as a distraction, I’m still not sure how I feel about it having worked in black and white for so long. I think it’s more successful when I add just one small bit of colour rather than going overboard.
I’ve got a big 1 day project planned for next weeks with a big group which should be interesting and hopefully good fun. We’re gonna work from mechanical stuff and do some big drawings. There is also a trip into London planned for next week with the department so lots to do.
