Here is today’s oil-bar on canvas with stitch element. I made this final little response to the garden I visited the other week where I did a sketch on the spot as shared on this blog. I am stopping a bit sooner than usual as I can overdo things if I’m not careful! Enjoyed the lush oil-bars  immensely!  Onto  pastures  new  now….

Oil-bar study I made yesterday on a small canvas the same size as the previous one I shared. I am referencing the sketch I made at the garden where I do a little tidying. I was unsure if I was going to use the sketch for further work but it seems that I am! The whole process is so organic, so I stay open to where it all takes me. I tried using paper masks on top of some of the marks I made, but didn’t really like it so just worked in further with the oil bars and feel more on track again. Don’t know if it is finished yet! Watch this space…

I made this small oil bar and stitch piece over the past week based on a sketch made at the garden I visit as shared on my previous post. It is on a small canvas gifted by my son. I have two more of these to go at so may make a little series of studies. I’m really enjoying the oil bars at the moment as they are a halfway house between drawing and painting. I have been looking a Joan Mitchell garden paintings too and include a little sketch I made in front of one of her pieces here too.