lets get wet.

i finally got back to grabbing more than just an hour or two in the studio and the results, are, well....

i flipped the paper and got started on the glossy side, spat two layers of ink and lines, then wiped them down with t-shirt cotton. repeated. what you see above is the 'good' one out of about three experiments in wiping and repeating. acting quickly between layers allows for a nice negative line to form, adding depth in a way. my buddy Rob said that the first round of works lacked visual information. he's a painter. whah.

i am happy with the potential outcome in later works, but i have yet to play with control and contrast. in the back of my head i try to think of how to pull this kind of image off with lithography. then i think about undergraduate times and get mad.

then i started playing with watercolors.










the color was the key, really. i wanted a dead looking yellow that could be both natural in nature (autumn leave) or in the body (mucus or bile)....the result was, well, your choice of the two. the image is that of hops which are most often used on beer labels. i cut the size down, increased scale and weight of the line used for illustrations and designs. the yellow layer looked undefined and not clear enough to reference to a tiny part of on-product advertising, so the black outline took the existing shape and coloring booked it. its watercolor, man. i didnt wet the paper or tape it down or use any blocking pastes or salt or shit like that. i just painted with it. i could craft show the shit out of these, but as soon as i open my mouth about the process, im done.


the hops image reminded me of wreath leaves, so one, "W" is just for a wreath that is anti-seasonal. the "F" is for a funeral wreath. honor the dead with death, i guess.


i have a few more hybrids to show off, but that will come later. K? bye.