In the now finished piece I have tried to allow the mark making to begin to speak for itself, and not to restrain it for the sake of representational detail.
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| 'up from Woodstock lane' graphite/watersoluble graphite on Fabriano |
These close ups of the drawing show areas where I felt I had let the graphite speak for itself.
When I heard Trevor Felcey speak at the Plough Arts Centre he talked about successful drawing being somewhere between the pencil and the paper, I wonder if these experiments are leading me to something of what he meant. In other words by allowing a mark that was made through the process of feeling for the drawing to be left, rather than tidied up or erased ... then a drawing begins to have its own say.
2 comments:
Wendy, I am intrigued by that line about the drawing being somewhere between the pencil and the paper. It reminds me of a comment made to me recently by a photographer that the picture is in the camera i.e that we shouldn't do too much post processing. I guess it's the same thing you're highlighting here, letting the intuitive marks you made just speak for themselves. The photos of your marks are gorgeous. They have a life of their own. Lovely post with food for thought. Thank you. Lesley.
Thank you for your thoughts Lesley, interpretation of these ideas is so interesting, i wonder if other people have interpreted 'somewhere between the paper and the pencil' in a different way?
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