An overworked oil pencil drawing I wasn't happy with so cut it up to make an abstract. The main trial in this exercise was to create a textured background. For this I crumpled up some matte brown packaging paper and then rubbed iridescent oil pastels across the surface so that colour was captured on the raised creases. I also applied pastel to the edge of some of the cut pieces to soften and blend them into the background paper a little better. The plain strips and triangles of drawing paper were also covered with different shades of oil pastel; on these pieces I also scraped into the colour to create texture and a point of difference. I was pleased with the effect achieved on the background paper.
On reflection: tearing the drawing into pieces (rather than cutting) would have helped blend the composition; torn paper edges are softer and absorb colour better; softer edges would also have complemented the background paper. For a more natural contrast, rather than using cut paper triangles and strips, this detail could have been block printed. I also think the design could have worked simply as a tonal collage without the background paper but with the addition of block printed detail. Perhaps there is more potential to be explored.
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