Another small observation piece on some nice watercolor paper I have had in my sketchbook for about a year now. I recently learned about the Arte Povera movement from Italy in a modern art history class I took. From that I took a fascination with the idea of using reflective surfaces to bring the viewer into the piece. Being poor and about to move halfway across the world I have forgone purchasing anything that would work properly for this idea and have instead used some tin foil that was wrapped around a crêpe with nutella I got from university the other day. I thought that the scrapings of trying to get it smooth added an interesting texture.
As usual I have mixed observations. The man I saw at a crêperie a few weekends back. He was sitting on the terrace and could therefore have a cigarette. I took some sneaky photos of the terrace. The lighting, as well as the contrasting elements of compacted buildings, were amazing. But I instead wanted to place him in Le Sambre. There is just something about those blue wooden walls. I should have added in a red velvet curtain hanging on the wall to help break up all the blue, but I had forgotten this idea when I started to paint the walls and then inked in the boards. If I get it back to the frame it was originally cut for I will see how it works. It can always be added on with some thin acrylic.
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