Working Bigger

Over the past couple of weeks I have started some new 40 x40cm pieces in my studio. This is a bit bigger in scale for me and so far I have loved it. I have also been working on the floor. This somehow feels more free and more energetic, using more of my body in the action of painting. I have been using bigger brushes, my trowel and squeegee, and noticing when things start to happen that I really like, the surprising colour when you scrape back through wet paint and the happy accidents. I was using a spoon to put white paint on my palette and found I really liked the doodles it created as the paint ran off the spoon. I decided to add those dribbles in exactly the same way to a painting and filmed myself doing it. That instagram post gained my biggest reach ever!

I am working on about 5 paintings, not spending too much time on one, before moving it aside and onto the next. I am also starting to be more intentional about the colours I am adding, I want to decide whether I am adding something harmonious or darker in tone. Really just enjoying seeing what develops at the moment. This sense of freedom encouraged me to take a piece on paper that has been propped against the wall for a long time and paint over it. This is an even bigger piece. I worked quickly still in the flow, and felt that I had something straightaway. I have since worked into it adding details and colour, and now I think the big brush needs to come back out!