Buttered color, inks and other Drawings 2024

 

2024 various inks on heavy watercolor paper, 2024
16.5" x 22.6" (42 cm x 57.5 cm)

It’s all about the paper.

 

Altering this one element alone, can change everything! Drawing with inks or other materials on various papers, whether cold pressed or hot pressed, heavy, light, thick or thin, will often produce different results. This can lead to a shift in ideas or take you on another path.

And that can be interesting!

 

I received two stacks of 320 gram Khadi South Indian cotton rag paper. Each sheet is a delight to hold. It doesn’t seem like paper, but, rather like dried, densely woven fabric or thickened sheets of homemade pressed paper pulp. The edges are uneven, as if they were simply lifted off a deckled papermaking mould or formed by hand. 

I had been drawing with inks and feathers, yet this paper was handling differently. So, for this grouping, I introduced another material. Although I've never been a fan of colored pencils, I had a packet of Caran D'Ache watercolor pencils. 

They draw like butter.

So then, I made a few drawings to test out the materials and investigate the figures in a different way. 

Fewer figures and playing with buttered color.

I also include extra drawings on different papers.

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above drawings:  11.6" x 16" (29.5 cm x 41.5 cm) on Khadi paper

9269
16.5" x 22.6" (42 cm x 57.5 cm)

9254
16.5" x 11.6" (42 cm x 29.5 cm)

9256
11.4" x 9.8" (29 cm x 25 cm)