I made some adjustments to the mounting process and got excellent results. I also didn't get impatient. Waiting for it to dry. One more sheet to mount this week.
in the studio
POSTED ON Sunday, February 7, 2016 - 20:11
My most recent work in progress consists of acrylic ink on Yupo. I love the milky translucency of this synthetic paper. I love the way light glints off the ink. I have been working on a series of small measurement drawings over the past few weeks.
These are two of the drawings I recently made and happened to stack on top of the other. A happy surprise. I'm not really sure if I want to give in to this stacking possibility but I'm working wit the series to see if they could be the focus of my show in June.
POSTED ON Monday, February 1, 2016 - 16:54
Today I made several small measurement drawings. These are acrylic ink on Yupo paper. I'm playing with layering multiple drawings also. Pretty interesting I'm gonna try layering the with vinyl screws and washers.
I decided to make a little vid of them.
POSTED ON Saturday, January 23, 2016 - 20:21
Friday was my first studio day in weeks.
These are two of the drawings I made in the measurements series the first of 2016. I'm planning a large series that can be hung together to create a larger piece.
I'm deciding on the hues now and plan to draw quite a number of small pieces.
This is the start.
POSTED ON Friday, January 22, 2016 - 19:48
It's been weeks since I spent time in my studio.
But today I got some time to be there. Be there. I began by lighting a candle and incense. Then I walked around my worktable and slowly began to select tools that would be used and those that would be put away. I hung unfinished pieces on the walls to revisit at another time. I circled my worktable until the area was ready for me to make drawings.
I had selected my pens, my ink, my substrate.
POSTED ON Saturday, January 2, 2016 - 18:46
It's been difficult getting some steady time in the studio. Luckily I picked some work that requires waiting. The panels are prepped and ready for drawings to happen. I love the process of getting ready to make a drawing almost as much as making the drawing itself.
I stood looking at them and looking at them. That untouched white surface was as you would expect — difficult to approach.
POSTED ON Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 19:43
This is what it looks like when I use Nori to mount watercolor paper to a panel. My long and short series is on 12 x 12 inch panels. Each drawing is a pair of panels and one has mounted watercolor paper for the surface. As you can see I am using the latest technology here to press and secure a sheet of paper for one panel.
Nori is slow drying so I usually wait 48 hours.
POSTED ON Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 17:14
I'v edecided to work on a larger version of my Radical Warp series.
Let's see what drawing a vertical version is like. This is the start of a new drawing and a photo of my studio with work in progress. I get some studio time again tomorrow.
POSTED ON Sunday, November 15, 2015 - 18:24
Spent another full day in the studio and was able to do some additional work on this panel of my long and short of it series. Each drawing is two panels.
This is the short panel.
It's still not ready. But it's now pretty close. This photo was taken while the ink for the current set of marks was drying.
POSTED ON Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 13:52
Recently I got a call from artist Lesley Mitchell inviting me to participate in a small works show. I was excited I have lot's of small works, how easy. Sure I'm in. Alas, nothing I had framed an ready met the size criterial. I've been makinging larger work it seems.
