I just stumbled on a creative breakthrough... did my first painting. It's ugly and probably worthless but it means I've unlocked a door that could potentially/theoretically go anywhere. As a canvas I used an old piece of board, then wrote the phrase 'and a hand held the whom?' on it in marker pen - in shorthand. Then I added a big red hand in the top right corner and a blue/white strip through the middle in acrylic paint, using twigs as brushes. And I stumbled across a technique whereby the marker pen came up from underneath the paint.
I suppose I've dabbled with pen drawings and things on the computer Paint program, but this opens up all kinds of possibilities. And there's so much junk around outside at this flat to play with and make things out of...
The painting's in the Word Festival exhibition which has just opened at Thistle Hall.
I'm going to spend this week working on my creative projects - getting the book of short stories together and the new website up & running. The 'Word Market' on Saturday's my deadline. Then after that I'll have no more excuses to keep putting off finding a job...
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By the way, there's a link here to David Lange's speech at the Oxford Union debate in 1985, arguing 'that nuclear weapons are morally indefensible' - http://publicaddress.net/default,gnza,0.sm
With Don Brash champing at the bit to become PM, it could be a good time for people to be reminded of this.
Posted by fiffdimension at August 15, 2005 09:14 AM | TrackBackCool! Hang on to it, you'll be able to see your progression and style grow as you do more and more paintings.
Gonna post a pic? I would be interested :)
I put 'not for sale' on the price list. It's at Thistle Hall for the week if you want to see it. It's very much 'primitive art'
Posted by: Dave at August 15, 2005 08:38 PM