Tuesday 17 November, 11am.
I’m organising an artist residency at Siding Springs next
year, to do some work based on the equipment and people who work there.
One of the problems with this is that many areas are
sensitive to dust, so using charcoal is often a no-no. I needed to find a way
of working that doesn’t generate any dust. I decided to try working on my usual
gesso panels with black ink and watercolour, using a large oil painting brush
for the ink, a soft 2” brush for the watercolour and a rag for smoothing the
wet media. I used some photos (against my better judgement) I took when last there to
make this painting –
“The 3.9 Metre Light
Bucket at Siding Springs”
17/11/2015 900x600
It looked a bit flat when I finished painting, so I used
sandpaper and sgraffito to reintroduce some whites (can’t do that with paper).
I’ll have to avoid those during the residency. It’s a bit tight, but what else
can you do with a highly technical subject? The finish is also flat and the
darks don’t have much depth. I’m thinking of glazing it with oil media to
remedy that.
Not too sure about the public service ochre on the horseshoe
bearing – I would have gone for Monza red.
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