Almost!

by Steven McCabe

Almost here – almost there.

Painting on Fabriano mixed-media paper, a soft yet substantial texture.

Inks, water-soluble graphite, gouache, watercolour, watercolour pencil.

Mostly materials one might use for smaller works and yet here we are.

Blues. Druidic blue. Pictish Blue.

It almost came to me – how to begin.

It almost came to me – how to complete this work.

A medieval hedgehog decides my painting shall become an illuminated manuscript. It almost does.
Textured drawings based on line drawings above. Almost sentient.
Soon I will enter this doorway. Perhaps to find ancient Druids. Almost ancient almost now.
How quickly my work space looks like chaos or an upheaval!
Many hours rolling – unrolling, hello, goodbye, almost goodbye, almost hello.