Playing With Ink Part 2

OK, here is what I did with the papers that resulted from Playing With Ink.  First I made at least a dozen 7"x7" backgrounds using only black acrylic paint.  For some I applied the paint straight up, then did a wash of it by adding water.  For a person who loves color, I sure am enjoying this black and white thing!

 

 

 

I just wanted to show one of them at a larger size.

So then I cut and tore up all of the ink experimental "drawings" I did, and added one, and in some cases two pieces of collage to these black and white backgrounds.

This one I did on a white background.

We'll be doing some of this sort of thing in my Collage Journeys in Vermont workshop this August.  We'll learn loads of techniques for painting papers and building a stash of collage materials, and then focus on the foundations of abstract composition.  We'll include at least one session of "collage marathon", in which we make collage after collage after collage: don't think, just do, like I did in the above series.  See the full description and details here.  And feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions or suggestions.

Playing with Ink

I felt like making a bunch of STUFF today, and then cutting it all up to reassemble into collage.  So, I got out the India ink and a few other materials, the cheap drawing paper, and started. Oh, and then I brought one of my chickens into the studio, and she gave serious thought to making her own sketches. The chicken begins at about 6:52, so feel free to scroll ahead.

 Here are just a few of the results, on 9"x12" cheap paper.

 

 

I will cut these up and make some collages with them.  Stay tuned for the next episode.  This is the sort of thing we'll be doing in Sketchbook Practice.