An evening with Alison Wilson.
Posted on Jun 19, 2017Yet another good demonstration from artist Alison Wilson.
The image, already drawn out on the canvas, was undeniably of gypsy horses in the river at Appleby.
Alison confessed to not being entirely happy with the composition and had come prepared to make changes.
In making the alterations she explained about using a pounce.
Pouncing is a technique used for transferring an image from one surface to another. It is similar to tracing, and is useful for creating copies of a sketch outline to produce finished works. An image is traced, then holes are pricked along the lines of the image. This is done using a pounce wheel or a needle. The drawing made of pricked holes is then placed over the canvas and powder such a charcoal, chalk or graphite is forced through the holes to leave the image outline on the working surface. The powder, which is contained in a thin fabric bag, is applied by dabbing onto the holes of the pounced drawing.
Using this method Alison was able to achieved the changes in minutes. As the image was only powder it was so easy to clear from the canvas simply by blowing.
When she was satisfied with her re-arranged composition she then painted in the outlines of the men and horses.
As I said in the previous write up, I never come away from her demonstrations without learning something new.
She obviously didn’t finish the oil painting during the two hours but what she did seemed to appear on the canvas like magic.
Promises were made by Alison to send photographs of the work to the society when it’s completed.
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