Victoria and Albert Museum – Original Painting
About the Image
How do you to look at Art?
Victoria and Albert Museum – so many decisions?
Decision making is a key component of painting. In the case of the Victoria and Albert Museum painting, that involved deciding on the level of detail. It’s a complex, ornate building, and I could have drawn in every brick. That would have resulted in a more controlled image, but too much masking constrains the flow of ink and results in a duller image, in a less exciting image.
As I look at the finished painting, I’m drawn to all the errors, or rather, the times when the paint has flown away from where I intended it to go. I could have covered these areas with the colour I’d intended them to be later on. But why do that? The unintended effect worked for me. Once I got over the initial frustration.
Painting with watercolour and inks, I’ve learned that my best results are when I allow the capricious nature of the watercolour to come through. Even though I could control the paints, especially the acrylic inks, I choose not to. Using watercolour painting methods. Results in magic, if you allow it.
Does it always work out, no. But then I try something else. Eventually, I have a series of serendipitous events and a result that I usually love.
Finding Inspiration in Architecture
The Victorian Albert Museum is a must see. For the architecture alone, it’s worth a visit, but then there are the exhibitions and its permanent collection. So much to see and so little time. The V and A is such an elaborate building, displaying details upon details. It’s easy to fly past each painting, spending about a minute at each, but then you’ll miss out.
Creation: Masking fluid is painted onto watercolour paper to create an image. This is covered with a watercolour wash and covered with clingfilm. The film is removed and the picture is developed further using acrylic inks. Several layers are added, allowed to dry and eventually the masking is removed. Revealing the final picture.
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