Following on from my last post, the Indian ink was washed off under running water and stretched onto a board. The first surprise was that the gouache had not protected the white gesso stamped pattern on the left, in fact the ink had soaked into the gesso making that area rather dark.
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| "The reveal" after a visit to the sink |
Next, I tried out various painted papers to see which would be suitable for the collage elements. I took quite a few photos during the whole process so it was possible to compare the different layouts on my computer screen. In addition, I started to repaint the work as much of the original watercolour gets lost during the washing process.
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| One of the trial runs with collage |
The collage on the fruit bowl and the border behind it has been decided and most of the repainting completed (below). In an attempt to tone down the patterned left hand side I overpainted with white gouache, but this did nothing to improve matters.
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| Trying to tone down the lefthand side |
After letting things sit overnight I felt I had to wash off the gouache and try something else. In my paper stash I found a piece of peach coloured printed tissue and this served to act as a veil over the offending pattern. With the addition of another couple of small collage elements, I think that's as far as I will go with this particular piece, but it might be worth exploring this style further.
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| The collage papers used are shown on the right hand side |
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The Ridgefield Pot - watercolour, gouache, ink and collage
Approx 8" x 8" on Arches not 140lb |
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