A look inside the artist’s sketchbook exploring the symbolic interpretations of birds and vessels. Mixed media artwork featuring gel plate printing, collage, pastel and conte crayons.
Tag: vessels
Grisaille technique
This month I continued my theme of vessels and flowers, but wanted to experiment with a slower process and a more traditional technique and style of painting. I decided to try out the Grisaille technique. This is a process where you create a greyscale underpainting first to establish light, shadow and tone before adding colour …
Sketchbook Explorations: Vessels
Recently I have been interested in exploring vessels in my art work. Here is a sneak peek into my sketchbook to see some of the ideas I have been playing with. I have a dedicated vessels sketchbook that I have been working in for a few months to collect ideas. Enjoy!
What I’m working on
Rachel Crawshaw: sketch book page Rachel Crawshaw- sketchbook page exploring negative space, collage and mono printing My current art explorations are centered around vessels- like vases, cups and bowls. I am also interested in bird imagery. The Vessels and birds are both images I am using in my own symbolic language. I am trying to …
Symbols: Exploring vessels
Recently I have been drawn to the symbolism surrounding Vessels and have been experimenting with the motif of various types of vessels in my sketchbook and art journals. I have been playing with mono printing techniques, negative space painting, making my own stamps and stencils and with collage in my sketchbook to further explore and …
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