SKY
It feels good to be drawing from the natural world around me again. Remembering where I first started doing this in Devon when I was at at Art College. I used to divide large pieces of paper into sections and draw quickly from one section to another as if recording the changing movements of the clouds and the passing of time. I might try this again. These are the roots of my process and inspiration. I love being outside too. I think it's time to get the old mobile art kit out and go and sit in a field....
CLOUDS
Took some photos of AMAZING clouds the other day...the light is so clear and crisp at this time of the year. I think it's an equinox thing. The light seems to be clearer and crisper in Autumn and Spring. Sharp is probably a better word. Sharp light.
Sitting in my studio the other day before I took these photos, I needed a break from grappling with a painting. I tore some squares of sugar paper and started drawing what I could see of the sky from my studio windows. I just used blue pastels, pencil and charcoal. I haven't done this for ages. I felt like an art student again. This is where I started...being outside, drawing and painting what I could see and feel of the sea, the sky, the land. I just love it!
The act of mark making (drawing), tearing, sticking and painting in response to inspirational nature...that's what going on here at the moment.