Jens Rausch – week 2 | Lampblack

July 10, 2016

After another week went by so easy and so fast, I realized how much my work changed its way. Painting each day on several different pieces the paintings changed more related to the processes themselves. Same like I do: By the limited resources here, you learn how to use everything in its most effective way. By some remained colour and old – almost unusable – paintbrushes I invented my own way expressing forest in a remained way. Fading out by reduction for light and shadow.

Using an oil colour with its very symbolic name ‘lampblack’ which indeed is made out of soot. This colour is rising up so symbolic inbetween the light and shadow scene. Furthermore as remained subject of an transformed process and combines perfectly to my former work in which I used the fire to work with.
Trying to work on some bigger pieces right in the forest I figured out a very simple and useful way to paint. It was so nice and I like this kind of work so much.

www.jensrausch.de