ASSIGNMENT 2, using plywood to paint on. Portraiture with Morag Caister ASSIGNMENT 2, using plywood to paint on. Skills Posted on September 10, 2024 ← A stab at in pastel of a Joan Mitchell painting. This was really difficult as her marks are so gestural, intuitive and free. I might have been more successful if I had used paint. The freedom of marks are so important almost like calligraphy, then the history of layering paint over on top again and again, intense reworking and reworking, then editing over it all ‘with white. It made me really look and I may have another go with oils. I wonder how long it took her? Working in sketch book. This one is gouache, charcoal and watercolour. Just a quick one. →
