Continuing with my series of ink paintings, this week I have a painting of a wave and a painting of a snail for you. For both of these pictures I used the technique of dropping permanent ink onto very wet paper. When I did this the ink spread out across the watery surface and after a few seconds partially dried. Then the dried sections floated around like an ice-flow in Antarctica with bits breaking off and other bits holding together. It was fascinating. I tried to think of ways to use the texture which this technique lent to the ink.
First I thought about using it to represent turbulent water under a wave. I painted it in and then added some smoother water on top.
It kind of worked but I didn’t think the technique came through strongly enough to really show what it can do. So I had another go. This time I used it to paint a cobbled pathway which my snail was slithering along. This was much more effective. You can really see the sections of ink. Here’s the second painting…
jo fox - adventures in art 
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I love how simple ink can take on an unlimited assortment of directions, transparencies, and textures. When one becomes willing to accept the randomness of it all, it’s truly beautiful. Nice work Jo!
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