In between other work, while seated at the drawing desk and transitioning through entirely unrelated work to what I'm about to show here - graphite rendering of representational trees from observation and mythological subject allusions - I felt a need to shake something out.
I honestly had no conscious notion as to what, why, or how.
It helps, sometimes in life, to let go of the steering wheel and just see what the corporeal vehicle our psyches flutter within will do on its own.
I had some old cold-press watercolor paper primed and taped down in individual, identical squares that were waiting patiently on a board against the wall.
I took out acrylics, which, if you have seen my work, you know I rarely ever use, and never just on its own as the medium of choice.
Here's what I scribbled out, rather fast, no under drawing, no reference, just...allowing the sponged up imagination to exude some of it's visualization in a way not dissimilar to free writing.
I discovered they were landscapes, at different times of the day, with different geographical features as focus.
All are acrylic on primed cold-press, 3x3", a total of six, and I deliberately restricted myself to two brushes.
It was a refreshing exercise for me, and I am glad to have this group to gain further insight into how my learning is going.
I'm not sure if these will have any future application or if they are just what they are, and I'll occasionally add to the batch... We'll see!
I'm not sure why I jumped to water for that last one, but it was a playful flurry of color, and it was fun to try out.
Which one is your favorite?
So those are some recent scrap sneaks from the studio - It's been a while, I know. More to come!
Happy creating,
-Mairin-Taj
I honestly had no conscious notion as to what, why, or how.
It helps, sometimes in life, to let go of the steering wheel and just see what the corporeal vehicle our psyches flutter within will do on its own.
I had some old cold-press watercolor paper primed and taped down in individual, identical squares that were waiting patiently on a board against the wall.
I took out acrylics, which, if you have seen my work, you know I rarely ever use, and never just on its own as the medium of choice.
Here's what I scribbled out, rather fast, no under drawing, no reference, just...allowing the sponged up imagination to exude some of it's visualization in a way not dissimilar to free writing.
I discovered they were landscapes, at different times of the day, with different geographical features as focus.
All are acrylic on primed cold-press, 3x3", a total of six, and I deliberately restricted myself to two brushes.
It was a refreshing exercise for me, and I am glad to have this group to gain further insight into how my learning is going.
I'm not sure if these will have any future application or if they are just what they are, and I'll occasionally add to the batch... We'll see!
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| Sundown over Tree Hill |
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| Twilight over Lowlands |
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| Moonrise across Valley |
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| Sunrise across Fields |
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| Daylight through Woods |
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| Sundown beyond Waves |
I'm not sure why I jumped to water for that last one, but it was a playful flurry of color, and it was fun to try out.
Which one is your favorite?
So those are some recent scrap sneaks from the studio - It's been a while, I know. More to come!
Happy creating,
-Mairin-Taj
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