Monday, August 16, 2010

New Beginning



I've painted over now in oil the under surface which finally little is seen of?

I've knocked them back to the sea. A funny analogy.

They seemed to come so fast I distrusted them.

In an old master painting one "knocks it back" with a sienna stain. I dislike that illusionistic method and instead scrape the surface then paint over it. There is still a sense of what is under and I think the surface just gets stronger.

So I'm just starting over rethinking each step once again.

Wanting to insert a level of, the leaves in between somewhere.

Im also using oil paint now so it all slows down.




And back into the Reeds.