This week I went to an exhibition featuring Damien Hirst’s drawings and drafts on some of his works. Part of the exhibition was one go at his drawing machine and thus experiment with colours, chance and control.

A sheet of paper is fixed onto a wooden disc which is then going to spin around while colours with different pens are added, thus creating perfect circles in varying shades. With liquid colours circles with a corona like look or splattered drops can be achieved.

I chose felt-tipped pens in two different shades of green and sienna coloured acrylic paint. The outcome reminds me of green gems.