DQ - Dymaniq

discovering a new method

I decided to start over again from scratch. Letting go has been a great journey of discovery. I’d like to share some of my realisations and discovered techniques. You can see on these pages a completely new style and method, with more vivid colours. Painting quickly, with abandon and using a ‘tetrad’ of colours for my pallet. I will try to explain the new method. It starts with painting on paper rather than canvas. Often making multiples of the same painting at the same time. Painting quickly with acrylics on cheap paper gave me the freedom to experiment. I didn’t need to be precious or afraid to mess up, when making five of the same – just one needed to be good. I was able to let go and relax. I spent more time experimenting in just a couple of weeks than I did in many years. It felt like fun and loosing the idea that 1 of 5 needed to be good, I found sometimes that 5 of 5 were good. I thought I’d call it a ‘Dynamiq method’ for the time being.       

Surprising myself
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Looking for a working title
for this method of painting I chose to go with ‘dynamiq’ for the time being. And in short DQ.

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Colours

Limiting the colour pallet and using complementary colours. Using the colour wheel is new for me. I use the CMY colour wheel rather than a RYB. In General I use a 'tetrad' of colours - that is four different colours. Two complementary colors and two supplementary colours. With one of the main complements taking up about 75% of the painting. On the back of a colour wheel you will find the key to use of 'tetrad' colours. Of course all rules are there to be broken, but this is a really great discovery – it just simply works. Choosing a pallet before starting a painting is a great idea.

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Lanscapes, still-life, abstracts.

I am use to figurative painting and drawing. I am probably pretty good at this. I didn’t like painting landscapes and still-life. I thought it was hard work. I had no idea about abstract painting. But I discovered it could be easy, fun and rewarding. I started first with landscapes, then still-life and abstracts. Before coming back to figurative painting with a new outlook.

Making colours work