Scaling up

Working in a Gordon Harris mixed media sketchbook, I completed the evaluation exercise on the 12 small works. It was interesting to step back and consider favourite elements, what surprised me, what problems I experienced.

Project 2 in the course is 4 large works, using the same techniques; layers of paint, collage and mark making. I’m using the same three paint colours, plus black and white, and the same range of collage materials.

I’ve done the first few layers and am finding scaling up tricky. I keep using tiny bits of collage, which worked well on the original small paintings, but look fussy at this scale. I know the key is to just keep going, but I’m also going to make a deliberate effort to work bigger.