Convergence

There is something to be said for ten foot ceilings. Twenty feet might not be too much. We recently unveiled a mural sixteen feet high…. Sigh. Another item on my wish list for my new studio. Since the current mural is nine feet high there had to be a solution; there is always a solution. Eight feet is all there is. I had chosen not to work on the floor so I strung a couple of tables together with a plywood panel I used for my 60” x 40” watercolour sheets. The bottom of the mural lined up with the top. Flipping up the end of the main section onto the table I used paper clips to hold the pieces together as I continued the development of the drawing. Certain things had to line up. When it comes to man made objects, yes, I use a ruler. My freehand straight lines are beautifully irregular and not really conducive to imaging the rigid structures of buildings and maypoles. Again, I moved the group one square to the left knowing there would be room to extend the maypole into the top panel. There remained a rather large space for what I had filled with one book and a pot of pencils. It called for something different. I decided to add a small library with titles from local authors. Yes. Much better. And that gives me another idea… extracts and poetry. Mmmm. Glinting water and shiny grass blades. Oooooh. Giving me shivers.