I’ll just sort of detail what is going on in my creative mind. The current thoughts are to get my studio organized. The effort is to segregate the different mediums within the studio, so they have their own space. Some of the ideas that float around right now in my brain are. Watercolor work to be done Plein Aire and in life study at BCAC (Broome County Arts Counsel). This would be more oriented towards a better composition and draftsmanship for finish regarding city/outdoor landscapes. Another idea on my mind would be to expand Plein Aire oil painting or using a limited palette and non-toxic medium at the same life study. I also love to play around with charcoal in a very painterly fashion. All these directions are a means to the end of being a better artist.
With the oil painting, I’ve got coming from Dick Blick some Winsor & Newton Winton Hog Hair brushes. They are all rounds ranging from #1 to #12. My reasoning for expanding the rounds, which aren’t the most popular for Plein Aire (Most would use filberts, brights or flats), are to meet the images in my mind’s eye. I’ve chosen rounds, because the images in my head present swirling or cross hatched underpaintings that are more like the swirling imagery Vincent Van Gogh completed in his short life. I would be channeling this representation though my own minds eye. The hope is to get to a truly creative process that has some newness to it, while still being faithful to the original image seen.
