Now that the residency is over, I am starting to analyse the material collected and prepare to develop work in my studio. This blog will be updated each week with a post about the progress of my project.
So far I have begun to rescan the drawings and watercolours on my flat bed scanner, which can achieve better detail of colour – see the new image at the top of this blog; and in preparation for studio work, I’ve been looking for pigments to match the colours found on site.
These pigment bars are made by Bristol Fine Art – and I’m delighted to say that they have offered to make some to match the colours from rocks collected in my sketchbook.
The excavations at the Ness of Brodgar are now over for this year – see the latest posts in the Dig Diary. I wish I had been there to see the closing down operation, as they covered the whole site in tarpaulin and tyres to protect it from the Orkney winter.
Next blog here, next Friday.
