A late night last night resulted in a late start this morning. Bank Holiday of course so Jane was late up too. Today I started blocking out the main areas of the design, using acrylic inks. I sketched on the main blocks, in either pencil or ink, and then used a lino roller or a thick brush to paint the ink in. In one painting, Painting 2, I started with acrylics, painting in the baskets. This picture probably has the simplest design, so I’m likely to progress quickly, although I want some figures in it which is a worry.
Worked in total on 4 of the pictures, completing the collage for Picture 6 this evening. I’m reasonably pleased with how all are progressing, but love the colours I’ve got in Picture 4, favourite so far, but a long way to go. I had no process really today. I just started work on whichever I was drawn too, and pretty much completed one layer (usually inks), in one go. The idea of keeping 6 going is working so far – when normally I’d get bored or run out of ideas, I can simply switch to another picture.