newest painting in progress

i found and bought a wild canvas a few weeks ago and forgot to take a photo of it, unfortunately.  but maybe thats for the better, cause it was almost psychedelic in nature and gave me a headache.  it was painted in the 1970's and was multi-colored lines...  you had to be there.  it was freaky.

anyway, its a BIG canvas!  bigger than my last one.

i started playing with it the other day with some papers collaged on it and a light coat of gesso.  i liked some of the color peeking thru, for sure, but after seeing the texture of all the lines i decided a thick coat of gesso had to happen.

then i started sketching.  i decided this one would have a dragonfly and free-form lotus and leaves.  the leaves have a lighter layer of gesso underneath, so they have some of the color and lines going on and i like the effect.

i sprayed india inks on the still wet gesso areas, and sprayed water to get the color moving.

i'm thinking i will change the color of the lotus, but i like the rest of it.

here you can see some of the underpainting coming thru

close up of the dragonfly which will get more love from me soon.

until later,

jenny