Writing, a way to express yourself.
Inspired by airbrush
Form, shape and order, the basics of architecture
A day has many beautiful moments to photograph

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We hardly ever write by hand anymore; these days, we type. We do this on computer or laptop keyboards, but we also type en masse on our mobile phones.

Well, I still use my Caran d'Ache pen, which takes a replaceable ink converter. I use it not only for writing but also for sketching, as the nib is suitable for all kinds of paper—including drawing paper.

Typing is the same as writing; after all, it involves visualizing what you know, think, or feel, just in an electronic format.

You engage in the latter two activities within the scope of your freedom—or at least, if you live in a country where such freedom exists. Even in the West, that is no longer a given these days—especially if you are interested in topics that many Westerners would rather not hear about.

However, my articles are not "must-reads"; reading them is entirely up to you.

Airbrushing is a painting technique I once employed in the student canteen of a gymnasium in my hometown.

Someone—who remains unknown to this day—had tipped me off about what they described as "paintings." To me, however, the example shown here isn't a painting in the conventional sense of the word.

The school administration approached me, asking if I could create a backdrop—15 meters long and 3 meters high—for a very famous play (which also exists as a musical): *A Little Princess*. They wanted to know if I could get it done within a week. Yikes—I had never done anything like that before. Yet, it was this spray-painting project that inspired me.

I was already using pastels, of course, before I began giving free rein to my inspiration on a smaller scale. I’ll come back to that in another section.

Let me start by saying that I don’t use canvas; instead, I use paper specially prepared for pastels. It is smooth on one side, while the other side features... well, let’s call them tiny pits or dimples.

I first rub pigment—a base color or, if you prefer, a background color—into the side with those dimples, and then apply other colored pigments over it in shapes like the ones shown here.

If you want to preserve the pigment and pastel applied to the paper, you have to spray a fixative over it. I’ve never done that, though, because it kills the vibrancy of the colors.

Some of these pastel works date back to 1997, yet their colors remain vivid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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