As we had the WIP coming up, I felt it would be a good time to get feedback and see what people think and test a few things out. I decided to paint a graphic score, as I had a canvas I had not used yet, and play the drums on it. I don’t have enough time yet to actually play the drums, but I will hang up the canvas with some music for my WIP show.
I started by making a few trials on my small notepad, exploring more chaotic versions, circles and lined graphic scores.
At first, I decided to add masking tape to add some straight lines and texture and then I felt like I was overthinking it. I have been reading about Basquiat and the way he would paint, I read he would think quickly and intuitively so I decided to stop being methodical and just go with the flow.
This was the outcome.
Again perhaps not the greatest painting but I did enjoy the process, I thought it went really well and I can totally imagine painting to this, I went with what I felt, and I can see different sections of chaos, calmness and rhythm within this. I will now go and hang this up alongside the current instrumentals I’ve been working on.