loosening up…

Posted on 23/11/2015 by Mari French RI

Broken Boundary, acrylic/ink on canvas board. Mari French. 2015

I was recently invited to write a guest piece for Chris Sturm’s engaging blog ‘Planet Chroma’. This was my first time as a guest blogger and I decided to write a piece about techniques I use for loosening up in my painting practice, which I get asked about a lot.

Planet Chroma is a blog for painters, full of interesting and practical information on use of pigments, materials, colour mixing etc. You can read my post on the link below and do check out a few of Chris’s own posts while you’re there.

Planet Chroma blog

areas of light …

Posted on 27/03/2015 by Mari French RI

Progressing the experimental studies on the Norfolk salt marsh areas I’ve been concentrating on recently. The intention is to create a body of work on this theme eventually. I feel I’m getting somewhere … I’m excited anyway, which is usually a good sign!

Areas of light. © Mari French 2015

Am still starting with the orange gold colour I’m so obsessed with at the moment, but now adding a few more subtle tones to that limited palette. The one above, Areas of light, is in acrylic, Inktense stick, gouache and newsprint on watercolour board. One for framing eventually I think. The abstract below has a different feel, more of a summer atmosphere perhaps.

Saltmarsh abstract © Mari French 2015

Workbook spread © Mari French 2015

And above, another workbook spread on the same theme. I love the golden hues and contrasting dark ink in this.

One thing that bothers me is that each time I write a blog the images look squashed up and I cant figure out why. If they look odd to you, please do me a favour and leave a comment letting me know, thanks.