Not leading the witness.

A/D (Analogue/Digital) Sketches Apophenia Series 007

Above is an  A/D (Analogue/Digital) Study for the next painting to go on my easel. I am really quite tempted to discuss how the imagery for a painting like this evolves but I'm not gong to. As I mentioned 2 posts ago there are times to say 'too little', and I feel that this is one of them. The Apophenia Series is very much about letting the observer see what they think/feel that they see and if I say too much, either here or in a paintings title, I believe that I would be 'leading the witness'. So instead I'm just going to write a few notes about my process. 

​Although I started using my A/D Studies whilst traveling away from my studios, I have found them to be an invaluable asset to my general creative process. All of my abstract work, particularly in the Apophenia Series, starts life as a series of varying studies which develop over a period of time; from black and white pen sketches to fully coloured visualisations of the finished paintings. The ability to able to begin with a thumbnail ink sketch and turn it into full colour study, especially within a flexible, digital medium is a really bonus when considering a new piece. I can change colour and line at will, and often do. Which also of course means that the above will probably change once again when it is worked into oils.