Ink and wash. More to follow …
Author Archives: Carole
Mandy and Tiger 2
Ink and wash
Julie’s drawing
Remember this photo from just over a year ago? Well take a look at this beautiful drawing of it by my friend Julie Meese. I’d never have the patience to draw like this. While you’re over there, have a look at her vibrant abstract paintings.
‘id’
Soft fabric sculpture, child’s shoes. Stuffed with shredded documents. Created by drawing doll-like shapes, scaled up by hand, with no measuring, plotting or checking proportion. The result is a character with its own life, albeit not apparently a very happy one.
The baby …
I created this small book as an experiment in playing with Paintshop Pro. I’ve used layers, photo manipulation, and special effects and collaged them all together. I’m hoping that this will count towards my digital imaging unit at college.
Mandy and Tiger
This is the start of an experimental series. I wanted to do something to set up my own narratives, so I’ve used dolls and toys to create stories. I’ve aimed for a deliberately illustrative type of drawing (ink and wash) to create a sense of ‘fairy tale’. Very much work in progress, and lots more playing to do!
Spiders web in progress
I have purchased string, and spent an afternoon in the sunshine building a spider’s web in the garden. Those spiders are clever creatures you know. You don’t catch them tying knots and wrestling with a needle and thread.
‘Red Slipper’ Painting
Oil on canvas 2 x 2.5 ft
It’s funny how working with the same image again and again makes you really look at it. The drawing on brown paper that I did yesterday suddenly looks hilarious – but yesterday I couldn’t see what was wrong with it. I guess this shows the importance of time in the creative process – leave something alone for a while, and it will eventually tell you what needs doing next. So that’s what I’ll do with this painting – leave it alone for a few days and it will either say ‘It’s OK, I’m finished!’ or ‘Get back to the drawing board’. I wonder which it will be?
‘Red Slipper’ – studies
This was originally drawn in ink and watercolour wash, then photocopied. I really like the way the photocopy has darkened all the values, creating a strange mood-effect.
Graphite and colour pencil on brown paper.
Both drawings are studies for a painting.
Layer, stitch, slash
Our textiles project for yesterday involved layering up fabrics, stitching into them, and then cutting through layers to expose layers underneath. For this piece, I used a moleskin-type fabric base layer and then added beautiful jewel velvets, and several layers of organza. I switched the machine to free-embroidery and sewed the layers pretty much at random. I then clipped through the organza layers with scissors – making the cuts at random. I love the result, although I have no idea how to get a decent photo of it. You just can’t see how the light plays on the organza layers, or the richness of the velvet underneath.
