Charcoal, September 20 - 26
Moving from canvas to drawing paper deleted the concerns of color. The images are easily erased so corrections can occur … even repeated corrections as the erasures make the surface of the paper have a glow. The kneaded eraser is as important as the charcoal. These are about Line and Value. The ideal is to make a mark which perfectly expresses the item or idea you are trying to convey … like calligraphy … however! if the line fails ERASE!
“FREEDOM’S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE” — Janis Joplin song
Closeups:
The Cemetery
Charcoal Drawing
Charcoal Drawing
Charcoal Drawing
The drawing on the 4 foot black paper (below) is titled ” Back to the Future” … it is about the eventual disintegration of this technology strangled culture … and we are all back to living in huts in the forest .. .a huge sunspot could return us to the forest in a minute of time.
Back to the Future
Mary P Williams 