2:43 PM: i collaged over some of that green mark left over from yesterday, and flipped it 90 degrees so that it’s now a horizontal composition again.
1:16 PM: i resumed work on 2021 watercolor/collage 10, imagining i’d just make some minor additions. i ended up creating a very different animal. there’s very little left that indicates anything creek related. now a vertical composition, i cut up and collaged some of the marks i made this morning before doing the two drawings i posted at 12:12 pm. once i felt the piece was resolved, i flipped it in all 4 directions until i found the vertical you see here.
the hand in the center of the composition belongs to painter tom wudl and is cut from an invitation to his l.a. exhibition. a piece of his work can be found to the left of his hand.
the green watercolor marks on the left and the pink marks beneath it are just about the only thing remaining from yesterday’s version. also included in the collage are: a london street map, and pieces of a paper palette i used while making a 2015 oil painting.
12:12 PM: i was late getting to the studio today. normally, i start my day drinking my matcha tea with toast and reading; either about my 11th century chinese calligrapher buddies, art forum, or maybe a bit about matisse. today i was trying out a new pen sent to me after i had cancelled my order because of the terrible reviews i read. weeks after the order was cancelled and my money refunded, i received the pen. don’t know why they sent it, but i figured i’d try it out to see if it was bad as the reviews claimed. it was worse!!
but in testing it out and attempting to make the ink flow and the ridiculously scratch point work without catching on the paper and tearing it, i brought out my 2 favorite fountain pens and decided to make a couple of drawings using all 3 in rotation.
i added some colored pencil, and this is the result. so now i’m going to make some additions to yesterday’s watercolor/collage 10 and start 11.
i’ll post what i’ve done when i’ve got something to show. we walking up the stupa trail at 3, so i have about 2 1/2 hours.