sketches, ideas, in progress

Goodness, It has been difficult getting time to post here. I have been hard at work sketching, recording new ideas in my sketchbook (never leave home without a notebook or sketchbook, ideas are everwhere) and practicing new (old) techniques.

a little bird told me...

Here are some images of sketches and works in progress. I’ve been relearning acrylic painting techniques. I’ve been doing drawing and watercolors for so long I’ve gotten rusty painting acrylics! I’m enjoying every minute of it though, I usually can’t wait to get back into the studio to play some more.

in progress...

watercolor

guardian

sketch24

15 Mar
2009

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By moonlit studio

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The Past Revisited…

I was a lucky kid, my parents recognized my need to be artistic and often found various ways to satiate my desire to create things. Wh threefaces_12web en I was 12 in the 70s, we lived in Atlanta, down the street from Chastain Park. Chastain Park offered art classes, and I took a few of them. One was a collage class. We would use india ink and transparent tape to make a little cottage and cut up old magazines to make the gardens that surrounded it. That was such a fun class. I think I made quite a few of those, unfortunately I saved only one, and it wasn’t my best. I think that class is why I save magazines. I see potential subjet matter in them all. Another class used a faux encaustic technique. We used melted crayons to achieve a painterly effect. I took a leather class and made an overly embellished bracelet and wallet. My favorite class employed a specific transfer technique. We used tracing paper, graphite, fixative and a coated Xerox paper. The image above is the work that I created when I was 12, Three Faces. One of the most incredible things about those clases is that they were not geared towards children. I took most of those classes with adults. I think that there were only one or two other kids in any of these classes. It was an amazing experience for me to take these as a kid, it’s part of the layers of who I am as an artist.

27 Feb
2009

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Welcome to the world of Art

Sammi's Altered Angel

My eight year old niece, Samantha came to visit me the other day. Trying to entice me into my own art studio, which for some reason I must have needed coersion, she leads me to the studio door, opens it and announces “Welcome to the world of Art!” I was astounded by her simple and yet profound declaration. It gave my little studio a magical portal to a place where imagination is unbounded and passion lives. Something I need to remember every time I cross the threshold.

Once we crossed into our world, she proceeded to pull out a doll which I have had stored for some time with the intention of creating some type of altered angel. Sam was mortified that I had ripped off the doll’s hair and removed all its clothes. She set at once to give the poor creature its dignity back. She created everything from scraps lying around the studio. The basket at the base was from some packing material and a wooden disc. Finding nothing that would substitute for hair, she came up with one of my old 80′s mesh earrings, which drapes like a helmet. I love the addition of the lance and the feathers for wings. She certainly stimulated my creativity that day. I am working on a mixed media painting that was inspired by her visit. I’ll post it in a few days. I think I need Samantha to visit more often!