Silverpoint

I have finally arrived back in Perth, Australia for 2 months after much ado. It's a bit of an adjustment coming from pitch black in the mornings in Scotland to sunshine coming in the window at 4.30am. The weather was perfect the day I arrived - a breezy 27 degrees. Things are now warming up to what they usually are about this time of year. Hot! I've been having a nice time seeing family and watching Tudor Monastery Farm during the day and detective shows in the evening with my parents. I think I may be beginning to become annoying as I imitate Inspector Montalbano's Italian accent and gestures and use the same Mr Fartone joke again and again!

The past few months have been busy with other work so I have only been managing to get into the studio for a few hours each week. Below is my first experiment with silverpoint on a gesso wood panel. I tried shaving coloured pastels and then painting them on lightly. I had to rub most of it off as even a little colour was quite overwhelming. Little did I know I would also rub off half the silverpoint! I kept reading how silverpoint was very difficult to remove once on. So either I didn't apply the ground properly, which I have remedied for the next piece, or it is in fact possible to remove silverpoint and adjust as I go.

K Fisher (2015) Parable Silverpoint on Gesso panel [8" x 8"]