My copy of an Indian painting of elephant combat.
A painting of elephant combat from the Wonder of the Age.
Blind Orion in Search of the Sun by Nicolas Poussin. See the resemblance to my drawing?
When I work in my journals, I draw with pens, markers and sometimes pencils. I go back to the studio and rework drawings with watery materials, sometimes ink, sometimes watercolor, sometimes gouache and sometimes all of them. Sometimes, because I use water soluble ink, I work only with water. Stuff always bleeds through and creates new drawings for me to work on. This one makes me think of Poussin's Blind Orion in Search of the Sun.
The day I started the journal was December 9, 2011.
There was this remarkable exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called The Wonder of the Age. It was all about painting in India between the the 1100's and 1900's. As is my practice, I spent a lot of time drawing there. And then of course, I took lots of notes on things that interested me.
This is the cover of a journal that I began in December 2011. It normally takes me about a year to fully finish a journal. And then, because I'm easily distracted, it takes a while longer to photograph and share what I've done.
I was reading an article the other day that suggested artists share something on the Interweave everyday. It seems like a good idea. Goodness knows I have plenty of art lying around and I also spend plenty of time on the Interweave. So I'll be sharing things daily now.
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