Hello readers!
Today I write to tell you about a little project that began when I bought a nice little hard bound sketchbook at Jerry's one day. Every time I get a new sketchbook I always imagine a nice book with filled with full pages and dynamic sketches. Since I was painting a lot this semester I often found myself with surplus acrylic on my palettes and it was then I decided to take this nice little book and dedicate it as a Painting Diary.
Some of the key words I want you to remember when gazing into these "sketches" is that they are informal, abstracted and completely experimental. Other than consideration for focal points in these compositions they are largely unplanned and impromptu. I find that even when art is gracefully planned or intentionally designed seems to take on a life all its own unintentionally.
The techniques used to create these were various painterly mechanics... wet on wet, wet on dry, lots of use of the palette knife, multi media with pen and magic marker, colored pencil, crayons, water color... The key word, once again experimental. They are fun to make and without the investment of trying very hard on any single one they seem to come out interestingly enough piece to piece.
Some artists who also helped me decide to make this sort of experimental work are John Fogarty, Steve Streisguth and Paul Weingarten. Be sure to click on the images to garner the subtle details!
I hope you enjoy, thanks again for reading!
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