But, yesterday I had a free afternoon and got into the studio by myself. (it was raining, no workmen) I decided to revisit some paintings that I had been playing with. The last time I painted I was just playing with color and had done a very wet study of the 'rainbow' - sort of. I remember thinking it would be fun to make the viewer look at a particular spot so placed color around a small white circle.
It was certainly not an inspiring painting, but was fun watching the colors blend and change. As I have been scolded by some of you, I left it to dry - did not wash it off. So here it is as an 'underpainting.'
So, yesterday I picked it up again to fiddle with it. Unfortunately, I did not take pictures along the way, but I can tell you what happened. I began playing with color again - lots of red, yellow and blue squiggles all over the paper. I put the paint on fairly thick and then sprayed it...and watched the colors mingle and run. Actually, it did that two or three times - doing different lines, shapes and values each time. After a couple of hours, I did a final spray, watched it run and then wiped it off.
Thinking I was done - and the paper was very saturated with water and color - I turned off the lights and got ready to leave. As I turned for one last look, I had an idea to lift some color - what the heck, "it's only paper!"
With the lights out, I got a damp brush and began to run it in straight lines across the mess I had made. Another line here and there and it was really fun! As I removed color, the water that was still on the brush pushed the surrounding color away for some interesting effects.
Can you see the original painting and find the tiny white circle? Hint - turn it around a bit.
I have not been back yet today to see what it looks like, but who knows what it will become by the end of the afternoon...
