Tag: A1 paper
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XL Charcoal XL Paper XL Toes
I was feeling like some big mark-making, so I pulled out one of the XL paper sheets (A1 size) and one of my XL charcoal chunks. They are water-soluble, but I didn’t play with that aspect for this piece, because once it was on the page I liked the way it looked. The only thing…
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Fiddling with Fingers
I spent a fair bit of time messing around in my sketchbook today doing productive procrastination. I was avoiding tackling the changes I wanted to make on this, mostly because I thought I was going to mess up the layers. Perfectionism on an experimental painting is just silly. I eventually got bold and went in…
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We’re Gonna Need a Bigger…
I have gone big. Properly big. I’ve had the A1 paper for a while, but never got around to getting a big board. Until today. As soon as it arrived I abandoned the sketches in my A4 book, grabbed a 3″ brush, and tried painting a giant hare. It’s not the best hare I’ve ever…
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Painting Feet But Different
I spent a bit of time rearranging my studio today, partly in response to what happened with this large A1 sheet of paper. I had it flat on the floor to spread gesso, then some acrylic paint, and because I was a little tight for space, I had stepped on the page and got paint…
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