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These are literally from my sketchbook - a friend was releasing four streaming-only albums; all instrumental covers of tunes he found spiritually uplifting, an unintended result of a post-election project he'd started last year. Since I knew going in that there were going to be four volumes, I cast around for a through-line and decided that abstract color exercises were the way to go, with the simple theme of light illuminating darkness. I'd also wanted to try color hatching rather than painting, but couldn't justify laying down for a full set of Dr. Ph Martin's Color Dyes (though DEAR GOD I was tempted), so I just went with my old, old set of Prismacolor pencils.
Prismacolors are waxy and the pigment delivery is uneven, so while I'd started with an attempt to really get a smooth, unbroken line and finish, by the fourth one (done pretty much one every three months), I just leaned into the limitations - which means the last one looks like it might as well have been done with Crayolas.
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