I thought I’d share the sketch I made for the painting below. It happened after the pose and lighting settled down on this hollowed-side-ways egg. This sketch also happened just before it took off – and roamed around my canvas – like a pointer on a Ouija board – finding rest eventually – as a hovering craft - in the right-hand corner. And there it remains, in paint now, waiting.
8.5 x 5 inches, graphite on paper
cool.
ReplyDeleteIt is a wonderful sensation when the hovercraft locks into a spot. And then, even better when you take the craft around again, just to be sure, and BAM Ouija board style it locks into the same spot.
Why do I have the feeling that from now on I won’t be able to continue painting until the first positioning of my sketch is tested? And what if one test isn’t enough? What if I keep doubting the craft’s position - and it never hovers in one spot again - and is doomed to endlessly wander the galaxy?
ReplyDeleteI should have listened when Mom told me to stay away from Ouija boards. “They’re nothing but trouble,” she said.