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It seems I never begin a new work the same way twice! But I thought I'd share the beginnings of one of my latest pieces as I start with collage....

I've been thinking recently about whether seeing an evolution in my arts practice is a positive or a negative and all of a sudden I seem to have had a cascade of thoughts on the subject which I thought I'd share with you!

I think I must have been dreaming about a field trip to South Australia, as whilst I was working on this sketch, I felt a sudden urge to disappear into space….not literally, I’m not sure these rocket builders quite have their machines failsafe enough yet, but ‘space’ as in wide open space…..

I've been having a bit of a play around with collage papers and shapes, as I had so many interesting bits of material left over from my gelli printing. I also pulled out offcuts of collagraphs and monoprints for this exercise.

Glimpses and rabbit holes...there have been plenty of those lately, but am I making progress? How do I know if I'm going round in circles or forging a new path forward? It can be difficult to tell the difference between the two sometimes!

Next on my list of colour triads to explore was Violet, Green and Orange. A tricky combination for me as you'll see from the video! Lots of twists and turns until I got the balance right. I found it difficult to be happy with using any of these colours in their prismatic state, hence lots of white and darker admixtures coming to the rescue! You can read more about where this sketch sits with others in this collection in my '4 Colour Harmony Triads' blog post here: