by Debra Claffey | Aug 25, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
Can you tell what’s changed since the last post? Yes, it’s pretty subtle, but until I added the blue, it didn’t...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 24, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
This one just received another layer and some drawing, as well as some excavating to rediscover what was underneath. It’s 24 x 24 inches on Rives BFK paper, and will be mounted to a braced panel soon. ← What Is a Drawing? Tiny changes...
by DCadmin | Aug 11, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Thoughts
I am delighted to have been included in Ann Landi’s Vasari 21 article, What Is a Drawing? Part Three, recently. She has written about how our definition of what makes a drawing a drawing has changed over time. Part One was published in 2016 and discussed...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 9, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
The life of this piece began on Rives BFK paper, an encaustic drawing, with oil and wax paint as a “wipe”, and then an oil and wax overpainting. We’ll see where it goes from here. Three Leaf Series, Untitled, 2018, encaustic, oil and wax, graphite on...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 8, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
This began as a demonstration painting, where I was showing how encaustic can be used as a drawing material. I covered the encaustic drawing with oil and wax paint, expressly for the way the paint wipes off the encaustic, but sinks into the lovely Rives paper. ...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 5, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
I’m getting these columns ready to receive some trace monotypes which are on rice paper. I’ll post some of the first ones that gave me the notion that it would be worth exploring. ← Changes... The Soft Nature of Rives BFK Paper as A Ground...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 4, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
This piece began with cold wax and oil paint, rather than a drawing in encaustic on paper. The top layer is oil and wax. No title yet. Three Leaf Series, Untitled, 2018, oil with wax, graphite, on Rives BFK paper mounted to birch, 24 x 24 inches. ← Reworking As...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 1, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Thoughts, Updates, Works-in-progress
It might be hard to imagine the final image coming from this one. While it has some nice areas, it just wasn’t exciting me. That’s what every artist is after, i think. That moment when all the parts comes together and make you go “wow,...
