Urban marks revisit

Back to the Urban marks this week. They were sidelined for the greys some weeks ago....it's their turn again now. Where to go with them ? We'll I don't need to think about that today, I have lots of boxes made to paint on and images to paint over. It struck me this morning that as artists we want ,' quicksand,' we want,' elusive.' We don't want,' easy,'......' Easy come, easy go ! ' although we may think we do occasionally.

As artists we,' search in paint.' And that's what I want to do today.

' Catching the words,' as I paint is massively helpful. Often words come to mind during the painting process randomly. It's helpful to look at those words ....it may open up something for you or help you make a decision on your art. Anyway so I collected the words for this reprint of an urban image.... ( I just write them down as I paint )

What do I want?
A feeling of warm, gritty urban.
I love umber
The white primer was way too harsh.
The lights bad
I don't want fuss
 I want an economy of line, colour, tone, mark
Getting too much clutter
New guardian size good for me
Blacks are too harsh too
Put some light in
How ?
Urgh !
It's never one area that doesn't work in a painting....if it's not working , it's the whole, so look somewhere else other than the place you think isn't working
Mixing White is underrated
It's as much about what you wipe off as what you put on
David Sharpe ( economy )
mishiul Choudhhury ( colour yet urban )
Nina Murdoch ( intrigue )
Way limited palette
Be bold.

This was the finished ( for today ) one

Didn't want to title it, wanted an ambiguity. I liked....colours, some of the areas....it has ( for today ) some kind of rightness to it.....maybe it has a little too much information, clutter.....live with it

This was the second. I like...the abstract qualities....the drips...the colours.....I perhaps will define a mill shape....live with it....

Where to go

Carry on with daily urban marks ( with the last series, I have selected only a few for framing and deselected quite a high percentage...that's ok for me, maybe this next months series will have a higher rate of  ones avoiding the,' paint over,' pile.

I love to do new series of art. Love it at the beginning where the search is in paint.