art – Page 4 – NANCY HILDEBRAND

13 May 2014

Springtime happenings

by DelightFilledArt | Posted in: Creative, Nature, Parenting, Photography | 0

I can’t believe it’s been a month since my last post! By a combination of circumstances, I’ve just been petering out of blogging energy. With the arrival of spring weather here on the BC coast, our family has been getting … Continued

15 Apr 2014

Progress: November woods painting

by DelightFilledArt | Posted in: Art, Creative | 0

By popular demand, here is a progress report on this November woods painting, one of the slowest paintings on record. After the last post where I added some berry bushes with string, I did some work on the foreground to … Continued

6 Apr 2014

String painting at school

by DelightFilledArt | Posted in: Art, Creative, Parenting | 0

This week, I had the opportunity to help lead the string paintingÂ project in my daughterâ€™s Gr. 1 & 2 French Immersion class. The teacher was able to find everything we needed in the art supply room. We used an … Continued

22 Mar 2014

Study in white 2

by DelightFilledArt | Posted in: Art | 0

Nuances of ochre, fawn and sienna in these old papers, contrasted with whites, aged islands in an ice floe.

6 Mar 2014

Shape

by DelightFilledArt | Posted in: Art, Creative, Photography | 0

When I started thinking about the use of shape in art, I thought of three dimensional sculpture. When I was studying at Emily Carr in 2005, I was assigned to make a cube out of plaster and then â€œwrap it.â€ … Continued

5 Mar 2014

Asymmetry

by DelightFilledArt | Posted in: Art, Creative, Photography | 0

Here are a couple of my paintings that demonstrate a degree of asymmetry. On the left is a pair of paintings that I display with a space of about an inch in between. While the horizon is aligned, the canvases … Continued

25 Feb 2014

Depth

by DelightFilledArt | Posted in: Art, Creative, Nature, Photography | 0

Depth is defined as the distance from the top or surface of something to its bottom or complexity and profundity of thought. In my creative process, both of these definitions present themselves. Layers and layers of both thought and media … Continued

24 Feb 2014

Form

by DelightFilledArt | Posted in: Art, Creative, Nature, Photography | 0

Most of my artwork does not feature a strong form; I tend to paint abstract landscapes with a horizon. This painting actually hangs in our laundry room. I liked it more in one of its previous stages, when it featured … Continued

24 Nov 2013

November trees progress

by DelightFilledArt | Posted in: Art, Nature | 0

November is winding down – I hope I can finish this painting before the end of the month. I added some espresso grinds to the ground in some acrylic medium, as well as some of my Rousillon pigments.