"It is a good thing to be fond of thorns, like the thorn hedges around English country churches, or of the roses in a churchyard - they are so beautiful these days - yea, if we could make ourselves a crown of the thorns of life, wearing it before men and so that God may see us wearing it, we should do well..."- Vincent Van Gogh
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Tonal drawings, according to the person who sent these, rely on tonality of colour and light and dark, and shading ( obviously) to represent form, rather just line this is a much subtler, gentler approach to form. And in fact, is notable for its absence of line, yet creating strong effects.
This is a form of drawing I have almost never explored. Perhaps the sender of these very subtle and beautiful studies was suggesting that I could perhaps stand a little less hard edged lines in my life, and a little more tonality.
T - shirt I designed and printed for a friend. The finished print was done with a grey blue background. For a hand printing, it came out very sharp and I am glad to say I was pretty happy with the outcome...
Perhaps influenced by my recent time spent reading about the Expressionists. Ive been doing alot of stuff in ink in the last couple of weeks. Creatively, there has been alot going on recently... everything from ceramic sculpture to cartoons. And I have plenty of stuff I would like to post but must use some restraint.
