The Carpet
The inspiration for a piece of work can often be the slightest of things. Drawing is all about looking and the closer you look, the more you see. At first glance you see a solid figure. Look again and the texture and pattern of the background can draw you in.
That’s certainly what happened with this print. The technique is known as direct line monotype, it produces a unique artwork in the style of a line drawing. Here I have used archival-quality oil-based litho ink onto Zerkall paper.
The technique is similar to using a piece of old fashioned carbon paper but with much better ink and paper.
It allows me to be very free with my pencil, to follow the patterns and shapes in front of me with a spontaneity that more technology dependent printmaking methods might stifle. I like to roam with my pencil so the fantastic, almost fractal markings on the carpet let me explore to my heart’s content.
You can see more about the techniques in an earlier blog here.
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The figure is so well done, especially for a “very free” drawing. The background pattern is lovely, as well.
Although I can see your beautiful artwork in the Reader view, I cannot see it from within the blog post itself. I have tried in two different browsers.
Thank you, I love life drawing so much. Thanks for letting me know about the browsers. Do you have this problem with all my posts or is it this particular one? I’ll get Husb onto it 😊
Just this one.
Husb thinks it’s because I edited some of the photos after I published it. I will have to be careful about that in future. Thanks for letting me know 😊