I re-suspended the loose charcoal in the picture posted previously in very wet white gouache. White and Prussian blue acrylic were applied in selected areas. The white acrylic pushed the gouache wash away whereas the blue slowly bled into it. The migrating washes (below) were left to dry overnight and then the whole layer fixed (above).
The music was by Elena Kats-Chernin, the haunting Works for Piano Trio.
I am thinking how to draw back into this.
It looks beautiful as it is, though it will be fascinating to see what you’ll do with it.
This is really beautiful. As Zoya says, it is lovely just as it is, but suggestive of so many things.
Really love it – perhaps will take a while to decide where to go next. I have some that wait years – but it’s worth the wait when the resolution comes. 🙂
HI Maxine
I did work back into this later. https://kestrelart.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/complex-systems/
My one regret in that composition is that the wing of the lapwing is flexed at the wrist, somehow losing the impact of the bird moving from one scene to another.
This is the piece that I need to work back into now. Any ideas?
https://kestrelart.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/layers/