by Lynne Ayers

Experimenting.  In a sketchbook I taped off various triangles.

Then I painted over with various transparent colours – image two shows the results after the tape has been removed.

I taped off more triangles (image three) and used more transparent paint. 

Image four shows the results.

My intent was to create compositional structure over which to paint a landscape in the hopes that the underlying triangles would create a play to lights and darks throughout the painting. 

The next step was to paint a layer of transparent white to push everything back and give it some cohesion.

This shows where I ended up.  I don’t know that it was as successful as I’d envisioned it (ain’t that always the case?)

Image four shows some promise as a pure abstract, but that wasn’t the plan.  Next time I think I will develop the landscape composition first and then do the triangle exercise. 

Experimentation & play: so many ways to come to creativity. Share yours by sending text & images to thecollectif.ca@gmail.com

Expérimentation et jeu : autant de voies vers la créativité. Partagez les vôtres en envoyant texte et images à thecollectif.ca@gmail.com