Monday, November 30, 2009
Egyptian Travelogue: Working With Papyrus
What I like about papyrus is its receptivity to blotting, even eviscerating the image and leaving but its ghost. Unfortunately I had no really good rags for rubbing here in Luxor. so I had to use my underwear.
T shirts were less effective than underpants but I could get marvelous effects from both. Hanes proved superior to Calvin Klein.
Gradually my underwear began to take on the look of large, spontaneous watercolors; blotting, pressing and rubbing had left residues of the painted images and I began to wear these cast off garments when I felt lonely.
if you look closely, you will see the original painted images imprinted on Calvin Klein, Hanes and some cheap brand that is undecipherable. even more do these colored shapes come alive when I move (size 34 underpants, medium t shirt and medium tank top).
Labels:
art,
art painting,
creative,
egypt,
john phillips,
painting,
paper,
papyrus,
t-shirt,
underwear,
watercolor,
watercolor artist
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