My attempts to work with ink on supports/grounds other than paper continued this term and I came across a pot of absorbent ground so decided to give it a try. Absorbent ground is a thick white gesso-like substance that can be painted on to a support. When dry it creates a highly absorbent, porous, paper […]Read Post ›
As an artist I spend a considerable amount of time considering colour. Contemplating, among other things, how to mix colours, their effects, their relationships to other colours, their symbolism and meaning. I looked recently at works by Yves Klein at MAMAC and was (once again) struck by his powerful use of colour. Klein’s monochrome […]Read Post ›
I’ve been working on paper for a little while now and whilst I love the effects I can get with ink, acrylic, chalk, charcoal and all sorts of mixed media, I get frustrated with the limited ways in which paper can be hung. I heard about something called aquabord that can be used with water […]Read Post ›
I wanted to experiment further with some new materials so I have been trying different types of ink in various colours. I have also tried pastels, pure pigment, binding medium and marker pens. I have been continuing my experiments with inks on different grounds. So far I have used Fabriano papers as well as different […]Read Post ›
I’m interested in how different types of paper work as a support, so, I got hold of a variety of papers and I’ve subsequently been trying out various materials on them (mainly different types of ink) to see what effects I can get. So far I have found that the thinner, Fabriano Accademia 120GSM paper […]Read Post ›
Using ink is a new way of working for me and I wanted to find out how the ink performed when layered over various other mediums such as wax crayon, oil pastel, Conte crayon, chalk and acrylic paint. The results of my experiments can be seen here. The picture above shows the different mediums on […]Read Post ›
