"the enlightenment of love"
9x12 mixed media journal page
I have been working in a new Strathmore journal. I went bigger this time graduating myself from a small 5x8 to a 9x12. I wanted more room to be messy. I smile to myself everytime I say that because a year ago I would have cringed at making a mess with paint.
For this one I used just payne's gray and titanium white. I only used my hand to smear it around and play with the paint. The I stood back to see what showed up.
I stood back and found a face. Can you see it too?? I traced a circle around the face. I saw 2 eyes and a splotch of white where a mouth would be. And from there I pulled it out of the background till I was happy with it.
As I was painting the face the words "the enlightenment of love" popped in my head so I wrote them in pen over in the right side of the finished piece.
I have to say I am really enjoying this way of creating. The other night I tried to draw a face and then paint it. Oh my it was awful!! And I mean it felt bad to create that way. At the moment I cannot plan out what a piece will look like. I need to smear paint and see what shows up!
Sharing today at Paint Party Friday.
xo
this is wonderful-and congrats on stepping up to a larger format and just letting it flow!!(something I've done recently myself)Happy PPF!
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ReplyDeleteI really love seeing you create this way! I saw the face straight away and I love how you put it all together. There's a lot of energy in the way you work! Looking forward to seeing how you progress with this style of creating! :0)
This is excellent! I love the rich, subtle tones and textures of the gray and you know how I love faces. Happy weekend to you!
ReplyDeletethats the best kind of creating, its there all the time, we just have to find it! BEAUTIFUL!
ReplyDeleteYour process is leading to some very interesting and expressive work!!
ReplyDeleteGreat process and this lady definitely needed to be seen, so strong.Happy PPF, Annette x
ReplyDeleteWow, it's so neat. I love the idea of letting the painting paint itself. I think I need to try it soon! Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteI love it when that happens! great work! xo L.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun process I must try this sometime. The finaly study looks like graffiti to me and I love it! HPPF~!
ReplyDeleteOh, I can so relate to that! Once you start painting this way it's very hard to paint again from a drawing. Love how your face came out!
ReplyDeleteAn interesting but quite perplexed face emerged! Very expressive work.
ReplyDeleteI love your spontaneous and intuitive style
ReplyDeleteI love this! I've been doing more of this (following the serendippity of what I've painted) and it is so satisfying!
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I love your work at play. I can see her life in her face. Good art. Blessings, Janet PPF
ReplyDeleteIt looks so very good! the freedom in your creation is very liberating!
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