Woodland Experiment in negative painting. by Ruth Dolan

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It's beautiful Ruth. The negative and positive shapes conjure up so many different possibilities; frost/ice on a window, underwater plants..... I admire your patience to try this method of painting, I tried and failed, I don't think my brain is wired up to accept the technique...lol I can't reverse either!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 24 Jan 20:25:49

Lovely handled very well Ruth

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Tue 24 Jan 20:34:58

Nice work Ruth. You could actually go over the parts of the background colour and pick out even more thin branch shapes? Just an idea :)

Posted by Louise Naimian on Tue 24 Jan 21:25:33

You have done this well Ruth, painstaking but worth it.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 24 Jan 22:30:10

The tree of life..the aorta. That's what I see anyway. A fascinating painting Ruth,with beautiful blocks of colour. Very nice.

Posted by andre mulard on Wed 25 Jan 01:18:39

What a stunning composition!

Posted by Julia Davis on Wed 25 Jan 03:45:38

Interesting to see something very different Ruth, it does make the imagination go to work.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Wed 25 Jan 09:02:13

That's excellent Ruth. My brain aches when I try negative painting :)

Posted by Val Kenyon on Wed 25 Jan 16:05:33

I love this Ruth, lovely piece of work. I haven't got the patience to do this!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Wed 25 Jan 16:11:34

Hi Fiona. Thank you for looking. If you are referring to your driving, I can't reverse either...and parking? Forget it...I just abandon my vehicle!

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Wed 25 Jan 18:03:47

Thank you Dennis and Louise. Glad you liked it, it is a very new technique to me. Louise...My biggest problem was to know when to stop!!

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Wed 25 Jan 18:06:02

Thank you Carole and Kirstie. I did love doing this, it was very exciting, but yes...requiring concentration.

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Wed 25 Jan 18:07:51

Thank you Andre, Julie and Marjorie, for commenting. This was a new curve for me, and it was fun, but it seemed to take ages to come together!

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Wed 25 Jan 18:10:10

Hi Val and Margaret. You are very kind. Thank you for commenting.

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Wed 25 Jan 18:11:57

Ruth, it's comforting to know that I don't suffer this affliction alone! Parking? If I can't find a 'drive in drive out' spot, I go home...lol

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 25 Jan 20:36:19

Beautiful and interesting painting, very skilled work Ruth

Posted by Lisa Shearing on Wed 25 Jan 22:24:48

Well done Ruth and a great way of working, good to see a few of the members experimenting and not in a rut...

Posted by Alan Bickley on Thu 26 Jan 08:50:05

Good piece of work Ruth.

Posted by GEORGE CUTTER on Thu 26 Jan 10:48:56

Hi Lisa, Alan and George, and thank you for your lovely comments.

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Thu 26 Jan 11:06:57

It's something I used to do and it's gets the mind working in a different way , that's a lovely piece of work

Posted by Dermot Brennan on Mon 30 Jan 06:32:34

Thanks Dermot.

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Mon 30 Jan 09:21:24

A beautiful example ! You have the patience and expertise to make it look so easy !!

Posted by Avril Soldani on Sun 05 Nov 13:51:10

Thank you Avril. I just love doing it, and as you know, that's the secret!

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Sun 05 Nov 18:12:43

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24/01/2017

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I have been experimenting with negative painting as an individual art form, and am finding it fascinating but a great challenge as .it involves a whole new way of looking at the subject. I have used work by Linda Kemp as a guide to the composition of this one.