Painting: in Progress...

At least I now have some kind of idea of the look and feel of this collection of drawings now... i.e. nothing like how I initially imagined. I think I have now progressed to the 'very beginning' stage. I have 2 finished A2 sheets, this one being closest to how the rest may pan out, in three steps...drawn from a collage of photographs taken of motifs found on stones at Le Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris and a Parisian metro station entrance, using layers of original old 'found' wallpaper (in Darlington not Paris).

I'm intending to use these (when finished!) to design some embroidered fashion fabrics from ... am quite fancying using this one as is though - digitally printed on the front of an A line skirt panel? um?

The other paintings I started are no further forward (yet), may have to go urbexing this afternoon for further research and dirtiness.

Not up to much...

I don't really want this to turn into an 'Urbexing' blog but that is mainly what I have been doing, you can see some of the most recent pictures on my Facebook page so I will only post a couple of my 'abstract externals'...

And this one... for the lines;

obviously I shall draw all these...at some point! 
Meanwhile I have started some artwork inspired by all the dilapidation I have been photographing, and although it is in it's very early stages I am not yet in the flow and I think it shows, it definitely doesn't have a direction. I have made the mistake of being a bit too careful and it's stilted but I intend to loosen it up and reflect the messiness by introducing inks and red wine, forgetting about the flat colour, trying to be neat and also the fact that it is for an exhibition and just play with it for a while.

moodboard: 

need to add yellow ochre as I can't seem to live without it

table mess

unfinished - obviously!

A little bit of Urbex...

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Sunday... urban exploring and climbing through window frames into a building with hardly any floors. In the wilds of Hartlepool, whipped by thorny branches and blizzardous rain, this sanctuary of pure broken beauty sheltered me and my Christmas camera...