Break Free

'Break Free'

Oil Pastel on Paper

290 mm x 330 mm

Here's a wonderful exercise when you are feeling stuck and frustrated or scattered. 

Firstly take a piece of A4 cartridge paper and scribble to your heart content. Look for spaces that present a reasonable size shape. Cut them out discarding the rest (Mine are the green shapes). Now arrange the pieces onto a bigger page or canvas until you are happy with the configuration. Loosely draw around the shapes. Let go, break free and see those fragments create a new image. How does that feel? Does it mean anything to you? Does the exercise in itself bring a release?

In this background is a loose image of box with  my pieces breaking free. 

Give it a go. Have fun!