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RE: Graphite Artifact-Mechatree - Worn out colouring experiment + video
I'm so impressed with the care you give to the process. I so often see artists here just producing with no thought to correct technical process and to me it is so important as it adds to the longevity of the work.
Which is weird as I've always thought myself as someone who didn't really know what he was doing :D
To be honest, this "graphite+blender" method I'm now so found of is born from a random experiment that didn't aimed at all at drawing protection.
I wanted to test some digital laser printed picture transfer from paper to wood, gluing print with acrylic blender on a random plank which had some handwritted graphite measures on it.
Transfer method was not a great success, but hell ! What an effect on these little numbers ! That's the kind of stupid stuff that makes you feel like you had invented the wheel or discovered fire :D
Since then I try to see what I can get from this, because it's really great to see usually fragile graphite drawing getting as persistent as painting.
Experimentation is very important, without it, there would be no progress or invention. There is an artist here who started experimenting with toner ink powders and found a way of bonding it to canvas, where it would usually brush off at the slightest touch. You never know when playing around may turn into a discovery.
Oh yes, agreed !
Experimentation is what makes me look further into any discipline : testing, failing, observing and trying to get that little shiny gem that pops out of failure's dust :D
The mark of a great artist is the ability to reproduce the gem from failures dust and therein lies the importance of documenting what and how you do things
Documenting... That's something I didn't really think about until recently : when I realized I was totally unable to explain anything about painting or drawing to my own daughters...
Hence my recent attempts at sharing these bits of experience I've managed to explain verbally to myself. :D
That's what having kids is for, to remind you that those answers will be asked What and How and then of coarse do it again