Well, the Really Big Thing has been growing, or at least changing, into something that is... still kind of an undefinable really big thing. But now at least there is color, texture, shiny fabric, and a few found objects that have joined the chorus.
What you're looking at is the same drawing with a coating of gesso wash over the whole surface that pushed down the heavy graphite line work into a ghost drawing, while leaving the surface a little toothy and ready for more graphite drawing on top. Then came some acrylic washes in color, first the red with all the drips and creeping, crawling dribble marks, then the spectrum of greens and blues around the central figure.
I also folded the surface of the drawing, so that it would have crease marks running through it like an old map that has been sitting in the back of the station wagon for the past 30 years.
I cut out the arch-like formation in the lower right hand of the composition and sewed in some super shiny, seemingly blood-stained fabric behind it. The fabric is currently flowing down to the floor beneath the piece, making a kind of billowing skirt to display several found objects from the studio. Will they stay or go?? Who knows, this monster is still very undefinable and in progress / process...
Stay tuned for more alterations to the "Really Big Thing" in the weeks and months to come. I am committed to documenting most of the major alterations to the piece as it develops, and having some fun with Photoshop along the way!! (Maybe the whole thing will end up blue in the end...)
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