Description
They began as a bit of excess paint on my palette knife. There were four small pieces of mount card handy. Val had cut them for entries into the SAA Mini Painting World Record Challenge.
I grabbed the bits of card, wiped my palette knife off on one, figured there was too much paint, so I pressed a second piece of card to it then lifted it away. The result was really exciting! I forgot how interesting some of those school art class techniques could be!
In the end, I had four very laden and wet pieces of card with paint pressings that despeartely needed to dry. I left them to dry and promptly forgot about them until about a month later when I found them again and scrutinised them. Suddenly, they seemed to take on a life of their own. One looked quite watery, one very airy, another quite earthy. I decided to move in with some fluid acrylics and pigment pens. After a bit of play I was able to emphasize all the characteristics I wanted to and ta-da, The Four Elements were born… well, my version anyway! *grin*
