Yesterday I mixed linseed oil and mineral spirit with ashes and chunks of charred wood from our outdoor fire pit. I used a rock to grind the sooty ash into the oil and spirit mixture, in a small dish. Then I dipped in my brush and made some paintings.
In the meantime though, the rough mixture I made was fun to work with.
A day later it's already fairly dry, and the charcoal seems fairly bound with the oily medium to the paper and canvas I worked on.
What started this whole business of mixing ashes with medium? A bit I read in Victoria Findlay's book about colour, the brown & black chapter in which she describes some of the dirts that artists use to make beautiful paintings.
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I love these. You'll like this woman, if you aren't already aware of her.
http://crowzenart.blogspot.com/
Love your post and your paintings. I've been thinking of you so intensely. I even tried an abstract with circles of my own (having saved circular pieces inspired by you). But if I get it together there are shots of NYC, I think you might like for some of your abstract work.
Very slow getting it together at the moment (wildly distracted by summer coming), but perhaps soon. ;-)
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO Love your work.
Barbara
Thank you both so much! :)
Crowzenart is very interesting indeed, thank you for the link PD.
Barbara, I think I saw your abstract circle painting a few weeks ago posted on your blog. Not bad! Yes, summer is very distracting - in a really good way :)
xoxoxox
:)
V
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