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Dulltown, UK: Today's dictionary words are: helminth, riparian, punty, cottar, bipinnaria, and thwaite. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be awarded to students with curly, bouncy hair.
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I suppose that, suddenly deciding to be an 'abstract' painter, you have that rather difficult puzzle of, what to paint.
Tricky, isn't it?
You can, of course, paint anything you like. That's the attraction of it!
You can do careful and delicate abstract things, or quick exuberant abstract things - even chucking paint across the room onto the surface. That's fun! I've done that. I suppose it all depends on what the thing actually looks like at the end. Is it drab and boring? Or is it enticing and meaningful, to the viewer - if you have any viewers?
The way I do abstract things is, to, at the start of the adventure, apply a set of rules for the piece. You might have noticed, my dear reader, that I have recently been doing a set of paintings/drawings, that I call my 'Black Dots' ones. They are called that - because they have, black dots in them.
My made-up rules for these, are:
1. They must have black dots in them.
2. The black dots should be small, and have geometric shapes.
3. Bright fluorescent colours should be used.
4. The bright colour marks and steaks must be, surrounded in fine black pen ink lines.
5. The variation in colour inside the paint marks, and streaks, should have black ink lines around them.
6. A feeling of depth, would be good.
There we go. That's it!!
Going by today's title, you will see that I am at least up to number 15 in the set, that is, not counting the ripped up ones.
I think we'd better have a look at it now, don't you?
Black Dots painting/drawing No. 15. 2022. Acrylic fluorescent paint and black ink on paper about 24" x 17" (60 cm x 43 cm).
Did I obey my rules on this one?
Well almost.
When I had just done all that ragged jumpy stuff in the middle (it took all of five minutes), I liked the way the colours raged about and clashed so much, that I decided that I would only outline the outer edges of the mess, and leave the middle parts naked and un-edged. (My spellchecker didn't like my word 'un-edged' very much)
So, there goes my rules! If you make 'em you can break 'em! Just like the politicians do!
Ha!...
This one would look good, nicely framed, hanging above anyone's fireplace!
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