In my last blog I showed how I had used one of my paintings to influence the way I made an abstract drawing. In this blog, I'll show how I attempt to use a drawing technique in a painting. I made a couple abstract drawings recently which used repeating patterns on a grid structure. Here's one of them:
To make a painting in a similar style, I first covered the whole canvas in a light blue and let it dry. Then I drew criss-crossing lines in Prussian blue and featured them with a brush. I painted in a few of the squares with a light yellow and light blue. I painted some circle shapes in light and dark blue. I drew a couple more bisecting lines.
This grid will be the background on which I construct my painting of repeating patterns.
