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i cut the bristles of a stiff bristle brush.  Flat and at an angle.  I mute the initial colors  with the brush…softening them,  blending them,  sometimes to nothing at all.

 


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When i got the Inktense Pencils,  i looked at their bottom ends that i supposed would be a clue as to their color.   Not so much at all.  So i did this.   On muslin.   Being in love with mute and barely there,  i gave self a little map to what i might get from them.  

i used  this today when trying to find a way to say…..OAK TREE.   OAK  TREE,  thick and Strong but ethereal.    How do you do that?    I began with Paynes Gray.  Everything begins and ends with Paynes  Gray

 

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9 responses to “looking for an Oak Tree”

  1. grace Forrest Avatar
  2. Joanne Avatar
    Joanne

    Payne’s grey for me also and I think your color chart is a wonderful thing to have. I bought myself a set of those pencils when I saw you using them in New Mexico. I have only used them a little. But should do more.

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  3. Acey Avatar

    love that you had time and space for working in this way. love also the swatch cloths.

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  4. Acey Avatar

    also I like to dip these pencils in water and then smush-draw on a glass plate to create more facile amounts of pigment that can then be mixed in all sorts of varying amounts of … volume control.

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  5. Patty M Avatar

    Maps. I love these maps and your idea of a ‘map’ in choosing color and form.

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    i like them a lot…there is a lot to learn about
    how i can use them to Say Things
    i need to spend more time

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    this is perfect for today…mixing in varying amounts…
    this applies to everything…for my mind…i need
    to mix and smush in my mind

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    they are really great for me…as above, i need
    to experiment way more than i have

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