NOTAN MAN ON THE SCENE

I discovered the technical name for negative spacing. It's called notan which is so much easier to type out. Anyway, having found the name of my current love I did the above drawing for my friend Senta taking it a step further in making the drawing look metalic. Or as my artist buddy Andrea calls it: CHROME. I rather like that... chrome!

I was about to take the technique to not only another level but in another direction as well but found a photo of Grand Central Station in New York City that made me think twice about abandoning the chrome idea. That, and Andrea said that I should work on the chrome idea some more first. In situations like this I personally find it better to follow the advice of another artist who is not so close to my easel. They can be so much more objective about the entire thing. And so my next drawing will be inspired by this photo:













This appears to be a definite challenge for the technique let alone for myself. I love the space of the photo and the reflective quality. And as I love architecture with a certain amount of passion, it would be like the poet writing about his greatest love.