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Well, it all started with a wash of blue, and sprinkles of salt, I let it run and drip, then dry...2
I kept it taped to a board during all this time, so forgive the rough edges, it is a mess...but the next few steps were like this, I would work into it, drawing, splashing paint, shaving pastel and water-soluble graphite into damp soggy places, and more splashing, and occasionally loading up a brush with white acrylic paint and splooking it on there...fun, right?3
Well, then I made more of a mess with it, and tried to make some defined linear stuff to lead the eye around...it didn't go where I initially planned for it to go, more white than I wanted it to be...I really wanted more blue...but sometimes you go with what you got and make it work...but I really didn't like it that much at this point, there were parts to it that I enjoyed, and parts that I just didn't know what to do about...
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Today I finished her off...finally...I'm mostly happy with it now, I had to fall in love with it all over again today...which wasn't easy, I was really having doubts about it, but I like it now...Detail of bottom
I really like the way I dropped it into the margin to make up for the blop that oozed under the tape...
The title is from a song by The Kennedy's a little folk duo, Pete and Maura Kennedy, River of Fallen Stars is one of my favorite albums...I believe it's out of print, but there are used ones out there to buy...
Detail of top...
It just makes me think of a meteor shower when I look at it...kinda sparkles...
Well, that's that...it seemed to turn out all right after all...
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