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abstract study
Mainly watercolor with some collage and white gesso on watercolor paper.
It began as an exercise after watching a workshop-dvd from John Salminen (A designed approach to abstraction). He offers a counter-intuitive approach, one has to follow rules or rather prompts. It is very helpful in a way, since I have been having problems with abstraction, but also with leaving white or empty space, which for him is central to a piece. It was a real struggle, but I enjoyed the process very much. I'm still not sure if calling it done, yet. I will take some distance, to see.
It began as an exercise after watching a workshop-dvd from John Salminen (A designed approach to abstraction). He offers a counter-intuitive approach, one has to follow rules or rather prompts. It is very helpful in a way, since I have been having problems with abstraction, but also with leaving white or empty space, which for him is central to a piece. It was a real struggle, but I enjoyed the process very much. I'm still not sure if calling it done, yet. I will take some distance, to see.
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Peter, thank you. I was on a couple of workshops with Jane Davies who uses abstract approach. I never did that before (except for doodling) and I had an ambiguous feeling. On one side I enjoyed it, on the other, I got almost always lost in the process and at one point unable to continue, because I couldn't find a way anymore. In Saliminen's case, he does not leave much space for getting lost without breaking rules, which isn't the way I usually like to work, but here it helped me to find my way. I did nevertheless break rules... we are not supposed to put any recognizable figure which I tried to follow to the very last, when adding what he calls calligraphy. Also fumbled with the white —initial— shape and used white gesso posteriorly to balance. The most rewarding thing was to find a way, I think.
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