Decided to scrap the other painting for a watercolor/collage combo. I don't have much experience with either, but I think it will be interesting.
I've tried to continue painting on a piece that I started a while ago. The only things that were previously on it were a few depictions of floating ice on water. I added the framework for a ship, and tried to see if I could paint some dry grass.
Very few can claim to have tamed fire enough to draw with it, but Steven Spazuk has achieved exactly that through a technique known as Fumage. Spazuk has spent 14 mastering the craft, using the soot from a candle flame to mark special paper then carefully sculpt the remaining soot with brushes and even feathers to create wonderful effects and detail. He values the chance in his work, saying he does not censor his process, instead embracing the immediacy and flow of his technique. He often turns his works into mosaic pieces, taking what would be amazing works on their own, and combining them in one massive work which takes on its own unique meaning. A political cartoonist turned sculptor, Damian Ortega makes extraordinary installations from mundane objects. Ortega was born in Mexico city, and often draws back to his childhood when deciding which materials to use for his works. His most famous work "Cosmic Thing" is a 1989 Volkswagen Beetle car disassembled and then reassembled with each part suspended from the ceiling. The Beetle was known as "the people's car" as it was an affordable and reliable vehicle that symbolized the westernization of New Mexico, ironically by means of a Nazi founded company. His other work "Controller of the Universe" is a series of suspended tools purchased from a German flee market. The title is a reference to a mural by Diego Rivera which was burned by Rockefeller for featuring a picture of Lenin. Both of these works attempt to bring a new perspective to everyday items, displaying them in their full glory, but with political undertones adapted from his days as a cartoonist. Another of his famous suspension sculptures "Champ de Vision" is meant to viewed both close up and through a small viewing hole far away. Close up the 6000 suspended modules seem random yet whimsical. Once the viewer ventures farther away, the seemingly random modules culminate into a sculpture of an eye.
Not really sure how to proceed. I liked the collage theme from the last project, but I need to find a better way to integrate the materials into the painting.
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