{"id":4707,"date":"2011-08-19T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/19\/in-line-with-the-previous-post-about-destruction\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T17:34:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:34:31","slug":"in-line-with-the-previous-post-about-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/19\/in-line-with-the-previous-post-about-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4707 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/19\/in-line-with-the-previous-post-about-destruction\/attachment\/4708\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao1_1280-150x150.jpg\" 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src=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao4_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao4_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao4_1280-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao4_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/19\/in-line-with-the-previous-post-about-destruction\/attachment\/4712\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao5_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao5_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao5_1280-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao5_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/19\/in-line-with-the-previous-post-about-destruction\/attachment\/4713\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao6_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao6_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao6_1280-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tumblr_lq6f8duNQq1qcztaao6_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In line with the <a href=\"http:\/\/kaisercaimo.tumblr.com\/post\/9120594908\/work-in-progress-oil-on-canvas-32-x40-i\" title=\"destruction\">previous post<\/a> about destruction being an integral part of the painting process, I&rsquo;ve decided to assemble a visual diary of a failed painting I did a couple of years ago. (I take photos of <em>everything<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>1. Loose colour in the background, figure drawn in (something? charcoal?) and then redrawn with liquid latex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2. Decide some geometry will liven this party up, put a wash of thin paint over masking tape to create a grid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>3. Start filling in some shading and detail on the figure, still not sure what I&rsquo;m doing with that grid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>4. Turn grid into Matrix-y columns of tiny squares, start sticking in tiny images cut out of newspapers etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>5. Test out possible colour combinations\/ compositional tweaks in Photoshop, but nothing I do is working.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>6. Give up on the figure entirely, I hate it. Decide this painting is destined for abstraction, paint over everything in stripes of white and purple.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m actually not sure where this painting is now; I think I might have painted over it completely with white and left it in a friend&rsquo;s flat. If I recall correctly, it&rsquo;s on their mantelpiece behind some beercans and a portrait of Jessica Fletcher from <em>Murder She Wrote<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In line with the previous post about destruction being an integral part of the painting process, I&rsquo;ve decided to assemble a visual diary of a failed painting I did a couple of years ago. (I take photos of everything.) 1. 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