The artist has started a new series of expressive mixed media portraits, using a texture-rich style with a limited palette of yellow ochre, ivory black, vermilion, and titanium white, inspired by the Zorn palette. The artist has added cadmium red, magenta, Naples yellow, and chartreuse green for vibrancy, creating a balance with the Zorn palette while maintaining a sense of surprise within their work.
Category: Studio Process
Creative Slump? Take a Creative Detour!
The author discusses their experience with a creative slump and explores ways of overcoming it. They suggest that following other interests can be beneficial. For the author, hand-stitching and embroidery served as a refreshing break. This pause not only revived their interest in painting but also sparked new ideas, demonstrating that taking a detour can help in escaping a creative slump.
A Little Slow Stitching – Circling in and Out
I’ve been drawn to textiles lately – especially the pace of slow stitching by hand. These hand embellished circles are […]
I’m saying goodbye to this limited color palette 🎨
I’ve been working with this very autumnal limited palette and I feel like I’ve really found out a lot about […]