I’m working on a new art project to highlight preservative conservation.  In doing so I’m exploring further artistic opportunities with my artworks.

Those familiar with my work will appreciate my interest in seismic wave and sound wave depictions.  Myself producing numerous free-hand sketches, as shown above, similar in style to how seismographs record ground motions such as earthquakes.

Having lightly sanded the nib of my dip pen, I subsequently sketched ‘Triple Vertical Horizontal Seismic Waves #1‘ and happily signed this artwork.  Satisfied with its quality and feeling.  I didn’t expect to produce a delightfully enjoyable piece whilst practicing handwriting using my new nib dip pen.

Autoschediastic artworks are as jubilant as carefully planned creations whenever successful.  Van Gogh analysed levels of quality ascending to masterpieces in his own work.  I’m certainly of the opinion that all his artworks are masterpieces through his ingenuity, obsessive practice and artistic genius.

My artwork, shown above in a digitally edited photograph, was wet with ink as I wasted no time taking this image!  Afterwards, whilst writing this article I realize the wonderment of this piece.  I’m not immodestly discussing whether it’s a success or not.

No, rather, I’m viewing my sketch as a curiously spontaneous artwork by reason of my lacking fresh quality art paper.  You see I hastily ran upstairs to use the reverse side of some old practice sketches made on quality paper.  Then immediately, old sketch pad in hand, I returned downstairs to quickly enjoy my smoother sandpapered nib!  Scribbling on plain paper, before producing this completely impromptu seismic waves artwork.

The reverse side of this artwork above is less favourable of quality in my own view of how I judge my works.  The pen work on the reverse, unpublished side, is good – it just didn’t connect with me technically.

Some earlier unpublished sketches I’ve already signed, some not.  Quite laughably without any pre-thought whatsoever ‘I’ve now gone and signed‘ this earlier sketch, albeit upon its newly defined triplet.

I find this genuinely hilarious.

Of course, I’m not the first paint artist or illustrator to do the same thing.  I just think it’s the first time I’ve personally utilized earlier sketch work held on the reverse side for a new signed artwork.  To be perfectly honest I kind of like the economical use of good quality paper, and that’s the whole nib point.

Except it’s not, because I sanded the nib to a ‘seismic’ curve.

Anyway, do you like my triple vertical horizontal seismic waves artwork?