Walter Logeman: Journal
Made these partly to experiment with printing. The printing on plain paper did not satisfy, commercial printing paper worked best. Even then, how to present these? So far I have four A5 portrait 148×210 prints with 90 mm square images. They belong together.
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I have these in mind to experiment with in the printing. These are about how I want them to look, but I will try different plain paper, wartercolour etc, and use “vivid” versions to compensate for the absobtion. I might also try over printing.
And these might end up in my landscape presentation of prints in the usual way.
Landscape Pond
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Landscape Pond
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Boy
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I have been doing a lot of this sort of quick sketching in my sketchbook, as in physical book. But I like to play with that background!
More of these then? So much to learn! The line is not quite following its desire.
Leaves
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Now this one grew out of the last one. One thing leads to another. But the process is not done. I can see this leading to more “design” style images, I am getting the hang of it and using a few new functions I am learning in the software (like copying a layer and then moving it slightly etc)
But what do I do, work on the bush or play more with designs? So this is what happens… a myriad of scrappy projects that I love doing… To be honest I think I will get there. Sooner or later I’ll get a series done and they will a unified life.
Earth Crosses got there, though there is a printing job to finalise there.
Next post, more moves into different directions.
I am searching for my (art) style. The Thousand Sketches was like a satellite view, a grand sweep of who I might be, a way of sorting land from sea.
I am searching by engaging in smaller projects. I can see where 5 years at university would come in handy though, this is hard work, time is only half of it. I have half a dozen scrappy projects on the go and need to wallow, play, explore, focus and get inspiration and tuition and critique on them all!
May be I need a better warm up. Yes I do.
How to engage the muse?
Maybe that is the title of the paper I am writing for the ANZPA Journal.
Maybe with that question in mind I might make sense of the following projects…
Where I am up to
Earth Crosses
in prints and also paint
Landscapes
A plan to produce a series of about 10 digital line & wash prints
Bush & plants
Like above, A plan to produce a series of about 10 digital somewhat abstract plant series
prints and have begun one in acrylic paint
Squares
I am aware I am drawn to the square format… the landscapes? Perhaps those prints need to be in three adjoining prints?
Presentation is on my mind, and I have just ordered 10 frames to work on a show of some sort.
Just as I want to focus on the above – and that is a lot of work! What happens: new styles emerge.
Let me post some in the posts ahead. Or would that be procrastinating?
Rocks
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I am keen to see how these two look in the “viewer”. I completed the Green and then changed the hue. I think they might go well as a pair.
I was inspired to do these when I used a small 10×15 print of this one as a bookmark: Pattern (#0926 in Thousand Sketches)
Both digital images.
Later: Tuesday, 13 May, 2008 – added a few more.
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It is late, I am tired. I start on one more image before bed, and now there are three. More earth crosses. They satisfy me. They are a meditation. They a full of stories and moods, about the biggest things in life.
They truly are sketches as I am doing acrylic 600×600 earth crosses on canvas.
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Watercolour in Corel X
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