I didn't take a photo of all the muddy layers of gouache, watercolours, acrylic markers. It's like I'm trying to test how much this watercolour paper can take. A lot it seems. Gesso obliterates everything. I'm back to the same question as a month ago. Should I just leave this behind and go back to pure watercolour? Am I going around in circles? Time to pause.
If you have the patience to read through, these are some of the things going on in my head and pulling at my heart. I write it all down in my studio book. Some will make its way into my art at some stage. Some of the questions are inspired by Sally-Anne Ashley's Creative Shift.
Better than not picking up a pen? Blind drawing while listening to sounds in the distance.
Picking up where I left off, with circles and the idea of sound waves and water ripples. Don't know where it will go, but I was very excited about this before going to Toulouse. Now maybe not so much, but it's something I will come back to at some point. Art Graf in my studio book.
Lovely time in Bray - we sketched in Bray harbour, away from the busy promenade. Good place to practise boats! Done with Roman Szmal watercolours and colour pencils.
Back in Dublin! Sketching at IMMA, with the Dawson Chorus singing in the courtyard!
Busy busy during the symposium. Flipthrough of the sketchbook on my YouTube channel. Some of these photos are not exactly in the right ordre! Lots of stickers exchanged during this symposium!
And it's good to have air-conditioning again. I never thought I'd say that, but with the climate-change-induced heatwaves we're having, even 17th century houses can't keep the heat out.
I'm not writing very much about our trip - you can hear everything about it on my YouTube sketchbook flipthrough.
We spent 4 nights in Castelnaudary, without air conditioning! It's a gorgeous little town, with lots to discover. And you can take a train to Carcassonne for a day trip too. Flipthrough video on my YouTube channel.
Traveling and spending a night in Toulouse . If you want to see sketchbook flipthrough, go to my YouTube channel.
