Recycled Drawings

There are so many drawings lying around the studio from art school days. Some are sentimental or personal. Others just demonstrate the learning curve. All these drawings are on lovely paper. The solution to my storage problems is recycling. 

These life drawings are receiving the random, abstract, 'let's see where this goes' attitude.

Colour MakesMe Happy - Back to this old thing...

It's been over two years since my daughter was born. The last time I worked on this piece she was still in my belly. 

I've been battling a loyalty of sorts to the original painting and a new palette. Regardless of the ultimate outcome, the mere moments I get to spend in the studio are joyous and I find myself eagerly awaiting them.

I'm also recycling very average life drawings from my early uni days... See the post on Recycled Drawings

The original pre destruction

Day 1 - Post destruction

Day 1- New Tangents

Day 2 - new palette dominates

Day 2 - hopeful resurrection of original with only iPhone to use as reference material

Day 3 - reference material on the wall and the battle between old and new begins with a dash of chance and impatience thrown in