A second “after Joan Eardley”. I’m a huge fan of her work and this process gave me a much deeper understanding of it

Louise Balaam - Monthly Landscape Painting

A second “after Joan Eardley”. I’m a huge fan of her work and this process gave me a much deeper understanding of it

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April 20, 2024

← After Joan Eardley, I really enjoyed this exercise, it’s a long time since I used pastels, I love the energy they encourage Hmmm I didnt have time to paint beyond about 10 mins this morning, but felt the need to do something. So, as I was listening to the nightingale singing in the hedge I remembered a homework about doing something out of our comfort zone. Here it is, the hedgerow of song….10 mins of paint applied with my left hand, lots of twigs ( which were loitering on my desk wondering what to do with themselves) to scratch the surface and some oil pastels. I stopped when I could feel I was laughing – loudly. Great fun & such an interesting exercise. Must use my left hand more often….it’s really interesting what appears →

2 Comments

Karen Gunn on April 22, 2024 at 4:36 am

Completely fantastic…love both of your ‘Joan Eardley” they are both so bold
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Louise Balaam on April 21, 2024 at 4:46 pm

Beautiful Edward, such strength in the black. I’m a huge believer in making transcriptions from other artists, they really deepen our understanding as you say
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