I have three pieces in the current “Drawing Show” at the Lucy Burne Gallery in the Memorial Art Gallery. My drawings were done with black tempura paint on brown craft paper. There really is very little difference between my drawings and my paintings. That is my paintings are closer to drawings than paintings. The only real difference in drawings like these and my paintings is that I can’t make corrections (unless I mix a batch of “craft paper” brown tempura paint) so the drawing has to work or I toss it. I did a small pile of these drawings for a few nights and would do more if I can find a way to do corrections on the misplaced black lines. I like seeing the corrections and the work that goes into the drawing and I miss that in these drawings.
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I think this is why I nearly always prefer the drawings- I can’t even see any ‘mistakes’…
How great to see the actual tempura paint drawings at the Gallery.
As usually happens one can appreciate the actual painting or drawing much better than even the best photograph. The lines are beautiful!
Also, thanks for the referral to the amazing poem in the May 3 entry.