I had this sample drawing I loved. I wanted to preserve it forever. So I took it and glued it to a board. Well, I was very sad to see that the paper expanded with the glue and then dried. I was left with a lumpy surface with a whole bunch of pockets of air underneath. There were a few options: trash it all, a good support down the tubes; or I could chisel it off and save the board, which would trash the drawing...or...a long shot, I could gently peel up the drawing in pieces, at least saving some pieces, and figure out how to treat the board.
That's what I did--the long shot. It worked okay but then I was left with a fuzzy paper-textured board. I gesso-ed it. Then came the collage, the pieces of the drawing found their way back to the board and finally more texture with dots and lines of gesso.
I wanted to do another heart, since the "It was:" piece. And the resource picture seemed to fit okay...this is the beginning. I will draw on it and add some whites in the next week or so. I think it will be finished shortly, but you never do know about these things.
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| "It Was: Hoping for Pentecost" |
What I really like is that it was the long shot. I am finding out that the best ones are; that the less ownership I take, the less I get attached to a certain idea or imagery of the final product, the less I make it about my likes and dislikes, the less I believe there is a right and wrong way to approach things, the less I let my feelings get in the way the more I am pleasantly surprised by what happens. But isn't that the truth about life.
