A Study in Black and White Mark Making CONTINUES

Last week I shared with my readers the story behind my study in black and white mark making. Like my favorite artist, Franz Kline, I love large gestural marks, especially simple black on white. Unfortunately for me, they aren’t as easy to execute as they might look. It seems I am too much in my own head and I need to loosen up. I did a bit of research and I found a possible solution. It seems if I practice making larger, looser strokes I will build muscle memory. According to Wikipedia, “…when a movement is repeated over time, a long-term muscle memory is created for that task, eventually allowing it to be performed without conscious effort.” So I began a study in black and white mark making.

After working at it about two weeks I have seen an improvement. In addition, I now have a good supply of interesting marks on watercolor paper. I've decided to add layers of color to a few of them. I am loving the results.

The one I am sharing with you today started as just four marks of black india ink. At first I just added a bit of watery acrylic paint.

After looking at it for a couple more days I decided to try making marks using some highlighters I had laying around.  It went through a few different stages before I was completely happy with it. A bit of distressing happened here... More black ink, graphite and marker. Finally I decided to add a few more colors, and a bit more white. I finished it by adding some random marks using my favorite art supply, Neocolor II water-soluble wax oil pastels by Caran d’Ache. I love the look of their strokes over paint.

Here is the finished piece. "Ombi-oynce" (2017) © SGTurner Art As always I love to share a few detail photos as well. (I love how they look together!)

Prints of "Ombi-onyce" detail photos

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A Study in Black and White Mark Making Begins

Back in the beginning of this year I began my search to find my own painting style. I spent many hours on Pinterest, introducing myself to all styles of art. I found I was drawn to abstract art, especially that of artists from the Abstract Expressionism movement.

Painting #20, #21 and #22: "Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days" Challenge

I am taking part in Leslie Saeta’s “ Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge”.

I have chosen the NEW YORK SCHOOL as my theme. I am working on paintings based on a quote of one of its member artists, not their technique.  CLICK HERE to learn more about it.

I've gotten a bit behind in my sharing so I am doing a few together:

Painting #20, "Chaotic Hope":

"The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves    "   

                                   - Willem de Kooning

Painting #21,"Sun Spots":

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"Energy and motion made visible – memories arrested in space."

                      - Jackson Pollack

Painting #22, "A Verb, Not a Noun":

"A painting to me is primarily a verb,

not a noun, an event first

and only secondarily an image."

                        - Elaine de Kooning  

These pieces are available for purchase in my Etsy shop - SGTurner Art 

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Paintings #17, #18 and #19: "Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days" Challenge

I am taking part in Leslie Saeta’s “ Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge”.

I have chosen the NEW YORK SCHOOL as my theme. I am working on paintings based on a quote of one of its member artists, not their technique.  CLICK HERE to learn more about it.

I've gotten a bit behind in my sharing so I am doing a few together:

Painting #17, "Bringing Into Being":

"It is the medium, or the specific configuration of the medium, that we call a work of art that brings feeling into being. "   

                                   - Robert Motherwell

Painting #18,"Awake Fully":

"The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you ." 

                      - Jackson Pollack

Painting #19, "Not True":

"People sometimes think I take a white canvas and paint a black sign on it,  but this is not true. I paint the white as well as the black and the white is just as important."

                          - Franz Kline  

These pieces are available for purchase in my Etsy shop - SGTurner Art 

CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge

 

Paintings # 14, #15 and #16: "Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days" Challenge

I am taking part in Leslie Saeta’s “ Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge”.

I have chosen the NEW YORK SCHOOL as my theme. I am working on paintings based on a quote of one of its member artists, not their technique.  CLICK HERE to learn more about it.

I've gotten a bit behind in my sharing so I am doing a few together:

Painting #14, "Survivor of the Finish":

"To me art is an adventure into an unknown world,

which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk. "   

                              - Mark Rothko

Painting #15,"Unfettered":

"Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it,

I must let it speak, unfettered." 

                      - Barnett Newman

Paint #16, "Filled Space":

"The artist fills space with an attitude.

The attitude never comes from himself alone. "

               - Willem de Kooning  

    

These pieces are available for purchase in my Etsy shop - SGTurner Art 

CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge

 

Paintings #11, #12 and #13 : "Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days" Challenge

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I am taking part in Leslie Saeta’s “ Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge”.

I have chosen the NEW YORK SCHOOL as my theme. I am working on paintings based on a quote of one of its member artists, not their technique.  CLICK HERE to learn more about it.

I've gotten a bit behind in my sharing so I am doing a few together:

Painting #11, "Untitled":

Painting #12," Orange Juice":

" The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees." ~ Mark Rothko

Paint #13, "Smoke on the Water":

" The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: do the painter's emotions come across?" ~ Franz Kline     




These pieces are available for purchase in my Etsy shop - SGTurner Art 

CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge

 

PAINTING #10 : Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days

I am taking part in Leslie Saeta’s “ Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge”.

I have chosen the NEW YORK SCHOOL as my theme. I am working on paintings based on a quote of one of its member artists, not their technique.  CLICK HERE to learn more about it.

Painting #10, I call it "One Scoop of French Vanilla Ice Cream":

available for purchase

“Painting that does not radiate feeling is not worth looking at. The deepest-and rarest-of grown-up pleasures is true feeling."

                                     ~ Robert Motherwell, Member of the New York School            

                                                    

CLICK HERE to find out more about Robert Motherwell
CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge

PAINTING #9: Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge

I am taking part in Leslie Saeta’s “ Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge”.

I have chosen the NEW YORK SCHOOL as my theme.  CLICK HERE to learn more about it. I am creating a painting based on a quote of one of its member artists, not their technique.

Painting #8, I call it "Metamorphosis":

= SOLD

“If I feel a painting I'm working on doesn't have imagery or emotion, I paint it out and work over it until it does.  “

                                       ~ Franz Kline, Member of the New York School

CLICK HERE to find out more about Franz Kline

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PAINTING #8: Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge

I am taking part in Leslie Saeta’s “ Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge”.

I have chosen the NEW YORK SCHOOL as my theme.  CLICK HERE to learn more about it. I am creating a painting based on a quote of one of its member artists, not their technique.

Painting #8, I call it "I am Living":

Available for purchase

“I don't paint to live, I live to paint.

                                    ~ Willem de Kooning, Member of the New York School

CLICK HERE to find out more about Willem de Kooning
CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge