BOARDED WINDOWS

 

Sometimes it’s just the pattern of things. Boards placed over windows in an abandoned building showing weathered streaks and patterns over time. Their color muted, blending into the being of the place left.

You take a photo, not fully knowing the full art there. Overtime you happen upon it in your albums, with a few art tools you think it could become art. You think about painting, but they have not created brushes small enough for my big hands. The colors are so definite, the detail suffering.

There is the wonder of colored pencils. Especially Derwent ones. The new series they have, Intense Ink, so perfect. They are watercolor pencils that become painting with lines wetted by brush or even finger. These combined with their portrait pencil set creates lay on layer of color blends. 

No matter what the tools you use, the full art in the piece is never quite found. Perhaps this is a good thing, allowing a retelling over time…