Saturday, September 27, 2014

Agota

The ground looks good to me. The overlaid shapes need a little work.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Dark Sky

Taken in a shopping centre car park for its lovely atmospherics.

Agostino

A similar process to Agostina, but with shapes to provide a contrast and a quiet conversation amongst the humming.

Friday, September 19, 2014

The Stages of Agostina






Six stages in the life of Agostina. Egg tempera on paper. Contemplation stage now.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

More Tempera Sketches and a Transformation of Agneta




 I enjoyed painting these and I think they've gone as far as they can. My main hesitation about them is the white which looks a bit arbitrary. 

Taking my cues from the sketches I've reworked Agneta. There is further to go.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Sketching in Egg Tempera


Today I wanted to make a painting or two in the quick reflexive way that I do from time to time. A little while ago I bought some rice paper. Today I cut up some pieces about 20 x 13 cm approximately and got going. My starting point was a painting from a couple of decades ago. A linear skeleton and then filling in the ground in a loose way. With a bit of later linear working in. Egg tempera seems to go well on rice paper. The idea came from seeing pictures in Jodhpur that were egg tempera on rice paper. It must have been very thick paper because they used to polish them with stone, I think.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Agathon and Agneta

 Today just doing the computer playing of awhile ago.

Editing and flattening the ground. 

Friday, September 5, 2014

Recently Read

 Grace's life has had some amazing incidents and events. Good and bad. The shoots that she has highlighted at the end show the photographers her passion enabling rich and beautiful visual tableaux.

Satisfying in a sweet way as Lucien grows up in a labyrinthine world to find resolution and love.

Since I last posted. Some things

  Some work in various mediums. Mostly watercolour, but also pencil and tempera.