Booked to see Piper paintings and sketches in the collection. Didn't realise before how much Piper used resists in his work especially in the period we looked at 1940's-1950's. Resists seem to be wax crayon or oil pastel, often overlain with ink wash. Also saw a couple of 30's collages which are remarkable for their simplicity of form with brief ink lines to suggest structure. The papers themselves are not brightly coloured and allow the brain to fill in the remainder. This image is a sketch of a large painting by Piper which I have made to be 3x4 foot, acrylic on paper. This has a burnt umber wash and various layers of acrylic and inkpen.
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