I am feeling anxious from my discussions with Julie last Thursday. I think this is good though because I feel I am taking off like a rocket now and I feel excited with my outburst of artistic action. Added to this I suspect I am also being artistically blocked/diverted by the recent death of my father combined with the extreme difficulties I am having with my sister Jean and her personality disorder. Jean is the Executor of my father's estate. I feel I have been drawn into the old quagmire of her unstable world, the one I for a long time had removed myself from.
I am engulfed by a myriad of highly charged emotional experiences at the moment. My focus for my paintings is different this time. When I first wrote my proposal a few months ago I was looking for some kind of peace within the chaos of my family life. Now I am just wanting release from it all. It is like freedom is waving at me from a distance.
Anyway back to my wonderful discovery of painting processes of which I want to document more. I have pulled out my journal from Alternative Painting Techniques to find my "recipe" for marbling upon water. This is what I am preparing today. For reference sake I am putting it in here as well. It is as follows:
I am engulfed by a myriad of highly charged emotional experiences at the moment. My focus for my paintings is different this time. When I first wrote my proposal a few months ago I was looking for some kind of peace within the chaos of my family life. Now I am just wanting release from it all. It is like freedom is waving at me from a distance.
Anyway back to my wonderful discovery of painting processes of which I want to document more. I have pulled out my journal from Alternative Painting Techniques to find my "recipe" for marbling upon water. This is what I am preparing today. For reference sake I am putting it in here as well. It is as follows:
- 3 litres of rainwater into a tray in at least 2 inches depth of water
- Add and stir in 1 tablespoon of Caraganeenan Powder. Leave overnight to thicken
- Remember to blot with a towel but let some of the colour soak in a bit.
- To flatten balsa place under a flat heavy board until it completely dries out.
I am about to attempt an experiment with marbling onto balsa wood and just don't know what will happen with it. I am hoping the absorbent aspect of the balsa wood will soak up the marbling ink. I hope it doesn't warp beyond repair.
