What does graphite imply? It sounds like pencil, but I can't imagine how you would get that effect with pencil... (Don't answer if this is a trade secret!)
I also wondered how you became interested in the concept of Ouroboros?
Please excuse my curiousity. I don't know art vocabulary or etiquette, although learning much by following your twitter links...
Hi Sarah, No excusing necessary!I'm actually very grateful for your questions and curiosity!When speaking about art, the simpler and more direct the better. Specialized jargon is only rarely useful.A lot of people think these drawings are charcoal at first, because the blacks are so deep. But I do actually create them w/ graphite. I use a very soft 6B form of the same material thats in a regular pencil(around 2B).And I work on very smooth(plate-finish)and robust paper/board that allows me to smear the graphite around nicely w/ various kinds of erasers. So I actually end up "drawing" w/ the erasers almost as much as w/ the pencils. As for Ouroboros,the image arises out of my sub-conscious during the work (i.e. I don't have a preconceived idea of creating a drawing that is "about" a subject)It's a messy process of recognition and discovery that frequently only plays out over a series of drawings, and sometimes over a period of years. I talk briefly about Ouroboros, and earlier hints of the subject in previous work,(posts from Sept29 and Oct16)here: http://waltpascoe.posterous.com/
Thank you for your interest! I hope you'll be back :)
I love this one! wow.I am sending your website to my daughter, Kristin, she is struggling to get back to her art and I just know you will inspire her! Thanks Walt. Eileen
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Unbelievably kinetic. Nice work.
May I ask questions?
What does graphite imply? It sounds like pencil, but I can't imagine how you would get that effect with pencil... (Don't answer if this is a trade secret!)
I also wondered how you became interested in the concept of Ouroboros?
Please excuse my curiousity. I don't know art vocabulary or etiquette, although learning much by following your twitter links...
Jen, Hi! Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting. I always appreciate hearing your thoughts.
Hi Sarah,
No excusing necessary!I'm actually very grateful for your questions and curiosity!When speaking about art, the simpler and more direct the better. Specialized jargon is only rarely useful.A lot of people think these drawings are charcoal at first, because the blacks are so deep. But I do actually create them w/ graphite. I use a very soft 6B form of the same material thats in a regular pencil(around 2B).And I work on very smooth(plate-finish)and robust paper/board that allows me to smear the graphite around nicely w/ various kinds of erasers. So I actually end up "drawing" w/ the erasers almost as much as w/ the pencils.
As for Ouroboros,the image arises out of my sub-conscious during the work (i.e. I don't have a preconceived idea of creating a drawing that is "about" a subject)It's a messy process of recognition and discovery that frequently only plays out over a series of drawings, and sometimes over a period of years. I talk briefly about Ouroboros, and earlier hints of the subject in previous work,(posts from Sept29 and Oct16)here: http://waltpascoe.posterous.com/
Thank you for your interest! I hope you'll be back :)
I love this one! wow.I am sending your website to my daughter, Kristin, she is struggling to get back to her art and I just know you will inspire her! Thanks Walt. Eileen
Kind of you to say, Eileen! Hope your daughter finds her way back to doing what inspires her most.
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