Creative progress: Boom Town 2
In April I started a new canvas themed after my collage called Boom Town (see it here). I just got back to it last weekend. I don’t often do a study and then try to recreate a similar painting in … Continued
Collage progress & Kids art
It was good to get some “studio time” this week: read “home time.” I made a little progress on my collage. I mounted it on white water media paper, which gave it a bit more substance as artwork. Tentatively began … Continued
Collage on paper
After the “Scary Lady” fiasco described in my last post, I thought I’d try to go for something a little softer, more feminine. I have several scraps of blue paper that were torn from a vintage school workbook. One of … Continued
Not everything turns out
As an experimental artist, I’m now well seasoned in having things not turn out as planned. It used to really upset me when paintings didn’t work. Now, I usually just let them sit until enough time has passed that I … Continued
November woods: when paper scraps start to appear, I must be getting somewhere.
Another session plodding away on this November woods painting. I sense I’m nearing the end now: I started sticking odd pieces of paper on and scribbling on it with various media, like pastels. It’s a good sign. Added a few … Continued
Study in white 2
Nuances of ochre, fawn and sienna in these old papers, contrasted with whites, aged islands in an ice floe.
Ice bridge – progress
I cannot count how many times I have returned to this canvas. At first, I covered it in black gesso and tried to create something in the vein of a past painting I did that worked. But this time, it … Continued