A Year of Making Art, Day 197: Using a Dry Brush

November 2, 2007  Day 197

I used a single black calligraphy pen to make today's drawing, modifying the pressure on the paper in order to get a variety of lines:

   Drawing #202  12" x 9"

Next, I took a hard look at Canvas 24, which I kind of liked the way it was.  But I felt it needed further defining, and used black paint with a dry brush to emphasize shapes and to strengthen lines.

   Canvas 24  36" x 36"

After that, I did two backgrounds, each very different from the other:

   Canvas 25  36" x 36"

  Canvas 26  36" x 36"

The rest of my day was spent in the chaos of administrative details, like trying to find a garage door company that would come on a Friday afternoon to fix our garage door.  I had a new phone line put in for my studio, but then when I was in the studio, our home phone would ring, and when I was in the house, the studio phone would ring.  What was I thinking?

Tonight we relaxed with a couple of old Tony Soprano dvds, and just as we were getting ready for bed, I remembered:  write the art blog entry for the day.

(Note:  There is a gap between the dates I'm writing and posting in order to give me time to get ahead.)