I find the leftover fragments after a drawing, painting, or collage fascinating. After I made that collage still life last week, the next day I had to clean up the little left over fragments. The leftover shapes were so interesting and tiny. As I collected them they formed a collage of their own.
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| Gsaxena, remaining pieces, Feb 04, 11"x 17" |
The same goes for left over paint on the palette. Acrylics tends to dry out, unlike oil paints which one can preserve for a day at least. So as it nears 5 pm and I have to clean up a bit, i use the remaining paint on left over paper.
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| Gsaxena, remaining paint and a little more, 20"x 7" apprx. |
I am realizing I prefer unfinished drawings and paintings to over working them. Of course, I don't actually know what 'unfinished', 'overworking', or 'finished' means... I am doing painting exercises with still life nowadays, because still life is all around me. This particular one seems over composed and crafted...
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| Gsaxena, Still life in process 01, feb 07, 10"x 14" |
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| Gsaxena, Still life in process 02, feb 07, 10"x 14" |
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| Gsaxena, Still life in process 03, feb 07, 10"x 14" |
2 comments:
oh that little "leftover" second painting is so wonderful!
thanks barbara! there is quite a bit of you in that one--the circles and the grids :)
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