The print I was about to make was to be 66cm x 44cm - the preparation needed to be thorough to make sure I wasn't going to spoil the wonderful expanse of copper and it all started with drawing.
I find it useful to make notes when I am out and about making preparation drawings. I've turned my most recent jottings into a bit of creative writing (I call them word walks) that will be shown beside the big print. Here are my notes shown with the sketch created at the time. It helped me remember what I saw and felt when I was in the place that inspired me and I hope it gives an insight into the creative process for the viewer.
top of the lane, clear
blue skies
hard ground; quite a frost
ice
on the puddles
dog claws scratching on the surface of
the earth
what am I going to be looking for
today?
process - surface rather than the
view
the way place is made / making the
surface of the plate
surface more
worn as winter moves on
rain washed gravel
- channel of gravel
I’ve decided to stop and
draw here
hands are starting to
get cold, nose is freezing
hat and glove day
surface damage -
ankles twisting against the lane
surface shapes stretch across
a drawn swoosh where water drains
drawing
following tyre tracks
descriptive marks - quicker, and looser
slope up or down or across,
tilts, falls away
dark across the middle, working the graphite
sharp little points - precise detail and distance
pencil is quicker than my brain
dog reminds me of the time - give him a biscuit
dark - with the direction of winter sun, making a deep mark
snakes
down
line drawing now – mostly tonal before
contouring
the channels that the water has cut
gouge into the paper - stone and harder edges, frozen frosted earth
water damage, weather and wear
-
ends of fingers starting to ache
time
to go home
let’s call this sketch ‘water damage/frosted’
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