meg scheminske
Last night I tried again with the Chinese inks, watercolors, and some newly-purchased gouache on real watercolor paper (as opposed to the drawing paper I'd been using). I actually did not like the watercolor paper at first -- it soaked everything up (as, I suppose, it's meant to) and didn't produce the exquisite details of the ink splotches I got with the other paper.
I quickly decided that I need to make a lot of little water paintings (that's what I'll call them) to learn about the new medium and figure out how to do what I want to do with them. So I will make fifty. And I will only take seriously painting number 51. Once I made that decision, I relaxed so much and started to have fun.
This is a picture of the simplest little guy I made last night, and my favorite:
It is very Agnes Martin-esque (a good thing, in my book). I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to apply the tiny strips of tape, wash over them with watery-ink, wait five seconds, and then peel off the tape! Voila! Done! I am used to this process taking days for each and every section of a painting, because I always used oils in the past. Take Josh's painting, for example:
Every "pixelated" part took four sessions, with two days in between each session to allow the paint to dry! Yes, I am enjoying these new paints.
P.S. Columbia Art Supply on Burnside sells a big set of gouaches for $10.00! Good deal!
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