This week was spent at the South London Gallery working out, and practising how I will write the text – what brushes to use, the thickness of the paint, could I write letters without making paint drips, are paint drips OK, and what size will the text need to be to be visible from a distance ?
Making each letter separate feels much better. I think it will make the text clearer and increase flexibility as to how I compose the text on the hoarding, rather than using a joined up handwriting style, which I normally use for A3 Hand Drawn & Quartered, a monthly poster style publication that I produce and distribute in galleries and venues in London.
A3 features work by a single artist (or several artists around a particular theme) on one side, and a slogan of mine on the other. Contributors to A4 so far include Elaine Arkell, Darren Van Asten, Urban Bear, Matt Blackler, Chloe Copper, Calum F. Kerr, Caroline Gregory, Kelly Large, less, Joanna McCormick, Frog Morris, Hannah Simmons, Mr Solo, Veronika Spierenburg, Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre, Daniel Wallis, Nathan Walker, Nous Vous, and Charlotte Young.
Part of the difficulty in making the letters so large is that it is impossible to paint the letter in one brushstroke, since the paint runs out, and I am finding it difficult to make the letter look ‘flowing’ and energetic given the number of times it has to be in the repainted.
I decided that I needed to buy different types of large sized brushes, and hopefully find a brush with a ‘magic touch’.
