Back from meetings at the Uni and as a counter to a rather grey, drizzly day - more work on the painting:
> with the pink, egg white containing surround almost dry, I applied a red strawberry/salt layer all over, so that the margins were covered and the liquid began to pool in the centre, which was my intention (so that larger crystals will form there).
> currently uncertain as to what the difference will be to those areas underpinned by the printer paper sheet as opposed to the bare canvas but it may be that the vermillion colour is held more fast.
> hard to photograph the painting under neon light (I began work on it around 8pm) so I have provided a couple of images. You can see from these the beginning of compositional features.
> prepared a mix of salt/strawberry tops containing foliage as a separate liquid, but haven't used it as yet.
As always, look forward to seeing what happens next - I'm one of those odd people that finds watching paint dry fascinating.
