Tag: Music theme

Music in abstraction ‘Cursh’ as of Jan 16th

Published on by Scott Von Holzen
Crush acrylic and water based oils on canvas 24 by 96inches

Struggle with the canvas last night.  I worked mostly on the beams of this music using sap green and discovering that I could create a similar effect with the beams as I did the the 8th notes and their flags.  It was messy with me running upstairs at less a half-dozen time to  wring out a wash cloth I was using to remove paint.   Using water based oils, from Windsor & Newton, makes changing your mind a lot easier to do knowing it is just a mater of washing it all off.  The big cost is the paint that is flushed down the drain.  I was using water based oil of sap green for it went on heavier then the acrylic version which I would have preferred, and used on the flag notes.  The beams are thick with color, more then I would like,  but when looking quickly at the canvas this morning, I thought for the most part it worked.

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Crush ready for the music

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improvisation no. 3, 2010, Crush
Crush background set to go for the music

Not a great photo….but do not want to take away from my already limited amount of painting time. They will get better.. i am constantly involving.

About an hour or so of work and I think it is time to let this abstraction go….   Every time I approach a canvas I grasp some idea and go with it…. and then comes the visual feedback from the colors, and I begin the see the limits of my goals.  At that point it is time to stop, to take a look.   At that one moment I ask, is it a yes or a no. If there is any doubt, I let the paint dry and pick a color and see what happens.    Every background for every abstraction starts with an idea, probably based on a previously work that I liked and just would like to pursue.  It never ends that way. The work evolves over the days and even though I try to keep the music theme in mind, I tend to drift.  The paint drifts, and what the finish look is, is never what I started with on the floor with the first wash.

Of course, I have no idea what colors will work to display the flow of the music for Crush.  No Clue.  We will see tomorrow what appears, which will start out easy with a white base  to get things in place,  to make sure everything I need can be apart of this work.

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Starting a new picture

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Thursday night I laid the 24 by 96inch canvas on the floor and rolled  green, yellow and gold across all diluted with water.  Since I am using acrylics the drying time is short.  Waiting for it to dry I work on setting up a blog site; but the whole night there was nothing but issues.  Breaking away, I placed the canvas on my easels and began spreading different colors across the whole length looking for the right combos.  Ended with a top coat of deep red over  green.  I will upload a progress picture on monday.  Otherwise finish work is located on my web site at www.scottvonholzen.com

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