I have just completed all three works for the Substrate 22 Group Exhibition opening next Wednesday evening. This has been and interesting, if somewhat challenging exercise.
Each artist received 3 x A4 primed 3mm aluminum substrate panels on which to create an artwork. Each panel is primed with Golden GAC-200 Acrylic Medium. There was no theme or restriction of mediums you could use, and you could have, if you wished, draw or produce a work on paper then stick it to the panel. But that seemed a bit like cheating to me and I wanted to try out the surface and see how it handled.
Planning stages and sketches. These were done during my Covid Isolation where I only had a few materials available - an A4 visual diary, a 2B pencil, a Blackwing pencil with eraser and a couple of sheets of tracing paper.
The final planned concept. Note how I flipped the Brass Hopper direction from the original sketch. You can also see how I altered the rear front leg - cut and stuck into its new position. This is an outline work on tracing paper that was used to transfer onto the panel.
I am using Graphitint pencils (Chestnut and Dark Indigo) and Derwent 4B water soluble pencil, washed, to create a soft tonal underpainting onto the panel. The acrylic gesso takes the wash well but is a bit slippery to work with.
Progress of the addition of dry graphite pencil and dry Graphitint. This surface draws nicely, but there is little tonal variation in the pencil grades. A 6H draws quite darkly! I worked with 6H, 4H, F, HB, 2B, 4B and the Chestnut Graphitint.
Progression and build up of tones requires careful handling. A Staedtler Mars Lumochrom 240 Blue pencil is used in the belly area. The graphite smudges easily.
Progression; I wet the brass area with clean water and moved the layer around somewhat to get a more even tone. Then a Staedtler Karat #16 Gold Ochre was added to the copper area to brighten it up a bit.
The completed work: 'Brass Hopper' by Linda Weil ©
I do hope to see some of you on opening night, Wednesday August 3 where you can see the other two works created in this series.
No comments:
Post a Comment