It has been a long time since my last entry. Many things
have got in the way (family bereavement etc etc) and progress on the paintings
as been a bit slow. Four of the six planned works are finished however.
Once again, I have dug out my “big ball of string” and
combined string (as well as finer embroidery thread) and paint to try and
create a more three dimensional affect, working up two pairs of paintings based
on eucalypt leaves, one set from the perspective of microscopic structure and
one set with the subject viewed under a magnifying glass.
Getting the string onto the canvas is a very sticky
business, especially all of those small and fiddly bits.
