My last blog post was about "call and response" ....mostly about seeing an opportunity for exploring further in an unexpected way....
I was painting some vintage fabric squares for a new piece I'm working on - the sky needs to have a very subtle, monochromatic with little contrast, so I was using a sponge roller with white paint.
For some reason I had black paper underneath and when I lifted the fabric square I was totally entranced with the remaining images on the paper.
Tons of texture and beautiful marks left behind...
I thought if I used the white paint on white paper and then added a wash of India ink when it was dry, that might prove interesting....not so much!
The painted squares are waiting patiently and drying, I'm excited to get sewing with these for a new Industrial Shoreline piece.
In the meantime I started playing with the painted papers....first I trimmed the papers into 6" squares (thinking like a quilter)... and placed them on a white background separated by a narrow 'border"...
It's okay but not exciting....
So then I look closely at one square and found the texture so entrancing....
And then, along with some other painted papers I experimented with some collage...much better and perhaps worth pursuing... it's put into my sketchbook and I think I'll come back to it at some point!
In the meantime, I have a stack of painted fabrics to work with...
...and how is your art coming along?
