the work before starting on the actual painting is less romantic and just requires a brush and paint applied to a surface to prepare the surface. This gives me time to reflect on the concepts and techniques I want to use and refine the imagery I have in my head.
As I sit here watching Hoarknockle scrape and paint the boxes and boards I will use, I can sip a beautiful wine and marvel at the tenacity of the human body as it works to paint and sand, a tedious and exhausting cycle of steps that will allow me to work on a velvety smooth substrate.
I am also using an old scenic painting trick of painting acrylic onto PVC plastic in layers and then peeling it off and then sticking it to a board or other surface... this gives the effect of thick old paint which can be peeled back or cracked and splintered off, giving wonderful textural effects. I also plan on using chips and sheets of this paint to draw on in silverpoint.
I havent really thought this whole thing through properly... now that Hoarknockle is painting, I have no one to minister to my demands for libationary sustenance....and I cant seem to remember any of the other servants names, how do I call for anyone?
I wonder if Lady Sandra knows?
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- The artist formerly known for Prints,dancing between the digital and traditional, wielding brush and stylus, the great grandson of Sir Cornelis Wessels,he lives a life of genteel refinement in a rambling old mansion set in an arcadian landscape, waited on hand and foot by his devoted butler, Hoarknockle, as he creates art. He is happily married to the Lady Sandra and they have two sons who are mathematical geniuses, the one engaged in the study of engineering and the other, an aspiring professional cyclist.
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