I’m going into a phase of experimentation for a while. I have been marbling some Fabriano Accademica paper with black oil pigment and turpentine and I left it out in the garden to dry out; it was quite smelly because of the turps. I forgot about it and it was out overnight and when I looked at it today, snails had attacked it, chewing out some small holes but also munching away at the surface, making it textured in places. Interesting.
I’ve been rooting through old sketchbooks, looking for drawings to work from and I quite like this simple one, done in an olive pastel at a life drawing session. I’ll use it as the basis for drawing onto the marbled paper, with different black and white media; graphite, willow charcoal, carbon, Bideford Black and oil pastel. And see how it goes…….
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You see, the snails love your art to bits. 😉 Have a happy day!
They love it enough to eat it 😀
Looking forward to the result
I think I’ll start on it tomorrow. Been plagued with a stomach bug all weekend 😡
I hope you feel better soon.
Best wishes
Neil
Thank you 🙂
There is an Australian artist (originally English I think) called John Wolseley whose work I LOVE. He takes his paper into the bush, rubs it against burnt trees, pushes it into the dirt, even buries it and digs it up later, so it is covered in all sorts of natural marks and then draws into it. I think he would love snail bitten marks too! There will be so many possibilities with your paper!
Thanks for letting me know about him. The paper is a natural product, I might get a bit more daring with it 😊
Thanks it’s always interesting to go back and rework older ideas, looking forward to seeing the outcomes.
Yes, I have dozens of sketchbooks of observations but it’s only recently I have started to use them as a source of ideas.