Andrea beats rags to a pulp
Often, in class, the question is posed. “Is this pulp beaten enough?” Often my reply is, “It depends” In Andrea Brdek’s case, this pulp is almost ready for what she wants to do.
See, Andrea is planning on using this pulp for drawing images on larger wet sheets. The size of the pulp clumps is much smaller than usual. Andrea plans to put the pulp in squeeze bottles before she applies it on the damp sheet. She may need to beat it even further if she want to place the pulp in an eye dropper or other fine line drawing instrument.
Below is a detailed image of some of her first test painting with her beaten plup.
Today, she formed a large sheet outside, read this link. As soon as the water stopped dripping, she brought it inside to the studio and applied pulp to the wet sheet. Here is a photo of her squeezing the pulp on the damp sheet.
A closer inspection of the pulp on the damp sheep reveals how pulp, when mixed with formation agent, lays down a beautiful line quality. The diluted pulp pools or puddles and leaves a wetter looking line. Obviously other wet media could be used for painting or drawing. However, pulp mixed with formation agent lays down a nice looking line. Check out these details.
