Stage 6: Time to add some more photographs. The
large tree (see right) provides strong focal interest and gives me an
opportunity to scribble with a long-haired brush loaded with fluid Carbon Black
paint. I used one or two of the original branches as a jumping off point.
Another small photo of pylons has been introduced to break up the straight
edge of the large red oxide rectangle. The three parallel power lines at bottom
right were made with a black Sharpie. I enjoy the idea of extending
photographic lines with hand-drawn lines in ink or paint.
Continuing the linear patterns of the
pylons,
I felt that I needed to cut into the wide black bar
I drew a diamond grid at bottom
left.
at center left, so I adhered another pylon,
joining it to the first to make it extra tall.
Stage 7: So what's new? A yellowish transparent
glaze
Stage 8: I added subtle glazes of transparent red iron
over the sky behind the big tree. A decision to
cover
up
oxide as a transition between the very opaque red
the original lines at bottom left and paint a burnt
umber
areas. I then painted several new line extensions in
rectangle, scraped through with diamond
shapes.
black, joining the vertical trunk of the big tree to the
pattern of looped branches below and eventually to
the lines of the cracks in the sidewalk photo at bottom
left. I also reduced the size of the red rectangle right.
Detail of large
tree photo and painted lines with transparent red rectangle.
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