Embark on a fresh project with Barbara

Joel and I went to Barbara's to throw a few ideas around and see what happened , we looked at Barbara's work and at Barry Holt's extraordinary paintings for inspiration. Barbara having recently returned from India and has begun a large green painting made up of different greens on a grid recycling an old canvas , and letting some of the red come through. Joel also enjoys working in a grid format so we came up with a plan to paint using a grid base and layering colour in squares before then doing a simple line drawing , maybe scratching through or using paint ; of an every day domestic object ie a cup , or and apple... viewed from differing angles.

An old painting of Barbara's which she is going to paint over , recycling the canvas

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Green painting in the back ground is the one Barbara  started  on her return from India

One of Barry Holt's wonderful Black on Black grid paintings ,

Another Barry Holt , reminds us of an old indian bus/train ticket. Really interesting technique , painted on board.

Looking back at the first Lilly-pad painting Joel and Barbara did together

Talking about the use of line and space

Getting down to it !

So we got started on an old canvas of Barbara's and Barbara drew the grid in oil pastel , mixed up some purple paint and away they went !