Glenn Demnar, my art mentor for many years, used the term ‘loose’. Looseness has become a predominant feature of my style. With oils, being ‘loose’ engenders minimal risk … it’s only paint. Socalled mistakes can be corrected through overpainting; scraping; or just leaving and re-assessing later.
With drawing, however, ‘looseness’ is a risk. Unless one exclusively uses easily erasable graphite, the possibility of correcting ‘mistakes’ becomes problematic. Attempts to ‘overdraw’ often lead to overworking. The delights of a loosely created drawing are the freshness, vitality
