Balla / linear progression v1 - 4, work in progress
I'm looking forward to printing these drawings as new works on paper, probably at around 60cm square, with maybe a 7cm white border all around. I'll need to make a few proofs to ensure the size works well on the wall. Until then, I hope these first studies using this new technique may be of interest, I'm already looking forward to drawing the next series this way.
I thought it might be interesting to see some of the in progress images here too. These are typical of the kind of modular components I’m working with, and maybe give some idea of how the drawings are constructed. I imagine it’s a little like recording a piece of music, elements are layered and mixed as a final composition develops from a lengthy series of decisions that ultimately deliver the final piece. The trick is to be able to discriminate effectively in order to nail down a final vision for the work, and not get too lost in the myriad possibilities along the way.
Print Club News / 7th April 2025
I’ve been enjoying the warmer days here, and working on a new series of drawings that derive from a modular pencil drawing. To be honest, I’ve probably spent far too long editing it all, and it’s certainly been an education in seeing how much time can be used up when delving into a granular edit of a specific drawing. In this case several weeks, maybe a month.
That said, I now have a live drawing that I can fine tune, edit and re colour without degrading the original pencil work, as everything has been scanned and digitised, so each mark is separately adjustable and movable; I think there may be as many as 900 individual elements in play; and it's been interesting to work up a new technique for making work.
Balla, a sketch study for a new animated drawing
I've got a few sketches of work in progress to share here. These are early days sketches of a new process I'm developing, partially although not entirely in response to the RWA's Paper Work Biennial. I wanted to revert back to using graphite and pencil as the basis for a study, which I pretty much always do, but instead of abandoning that work at what I might call the 'fag packet' stage, I wanted to push through and complete a fully realised drawing as a more complex understudy for a new work, Balla.