Exhibition: “Female Expressions”, Saturday 2nd – Saturday 23rd February. Queen Street Gallery, Neath.
This is an etching of mine called “Ripples” made from an original life drawing, working with a professional model. It’s part of a series of etchings of the nude which I called “Rinascere” which relates to the word Renaissance because I based the etchings on Renaissance drawing techniques. I call it Ripples because of the ripples moving over her body which were an accidental effect of the process. I used a photosensitive etching plate from a drawing on tracing paper. It looked all right but after it had been exposed in the UV light box, I noticed ripples on the plate from the slight undulations on the tracing paper. They were there because I used wet media for the drawing. But I like it, a happy accident. It’s going to be in the “Female Expressions” exhibition.
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Happy accidents are always so magical. Have a fun show Rosie, I’ll go check out the website, now.
Thanks Sharon. I’m looking forward to the opening.
Beautiful, as well as stillness there’s a sense of movement as if she’s breathing. Happy accident indeed!
Thanks Lois, it’s interesting to see how far you can push a technique…
Yes… and i guess what new discoveries you make!
How would you do it with writing, I wonder?