A Small Corner of Ibiza Painting

One of the things I most enjoy in my role as an 'artist' is facilitating others to explore their own creativity. I have a small, loyal group of students, and on this one occasion we decided to focus on one corner of the Ibiza landscape because one of them was desperate to master painting the landscape of the island she loves so much. The emphasis that day was on identifying strong shapes and blocks of colour. I set about to tackle the task myself while they worked and managed to put down a few broad swathes of strong colour in between moments of offering guidance to the students. I had chosen to work on a sheet of very rough paper so, as I put down the watercolour the paint naturally broke up to give a sense of the play of light. Life moved on. I put the sheet away and basically forgot about it, except when it would slip out of the portfolio and remind me that there was something there to explore. I just wasn't sure what. It wasn't until a couple of months later when I was developing a series of work on an ancient olive tree that has inspired me, that I had a flash of insight. What I needed to do was to exploit the rough quality of the paper through the use of chalk pastel. I also used Derwent's Inktense pencils where I wanted more fine detail. The whole exercise has sent me in a new direction in how I approach my work.

Painting:Gouache on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:15.4 W x 13 H x 0.1 D in

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