For the last few weeks, I have continued to work on the large ‘wall paper’ painting I began as part of the 08′ Christmas Eve service at Warehouse 242.
The idea was to inject creative responses into the worship. So, I offered to share and expand my normal practice of drawing on the sunday morning into a more public arena.
Lately, I have begun my sermon sketches by breaking the page into various panels. On one wall of the sanctuary I formed a “page” from ten large sheets of paper to become an oversized version of my sketchbook.
Before the sermon, I laid in large shapes of acrylic paint to establish the initial composition and connection between the panels. Once the service started, I began to add line work using Sharpie paint pens. I used 3 different sizes to create marks on the paper. I discovered the paint pens while looking for a tool to add lines and edges to my large environmental sculpture – “Landscape of Somber Whimsy“. I was pleased with their mark – especially how I was able to fill in large areas of black with the biggest of the them. So I thought they would be the perfect tool to scale my normal sketch up to wall size.
The process has been more challenging than I expected, mainly due to drawing while parallel to the paper, rather than perpendicular, and the lines made with the paint pens have a different consistency than my normal rollerball pen I use for my black and whites. I do enjoy the challenge of enlarging my normal sketching. I normally paint to music, so it has been great to respond to the incredible sounds of our live bands during worship. I wrap up the work over the new few weeks and will post a final image then. View some images of the progress on facebook.
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