I did a series of small pictures of faces, using oil pastel and gouache. The faces just happened - spontaneous creations. As soon as I had done them I had the urge to cut them out and stick them on some kind of background. I started with fine contour lines using a dip pen, and with some of them drew in white Tippex pen over the black ink. I like the way things happen when I decide on a series of simple images and on a number to work with (8 in this case). It's good to set specific boundaries and rules, so that you can be playful and experimental within the context of a project.
I am working on a series of landscape backgrounds in gouache. Quite often while I am drawing or painting, I will find a phrase comes into my mind which helps to direct the way I am working. On this day it was "don't get too complicated". That thought helped me to apply the paint very precisely, but without being too fussy.
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