Self reflection makes for an interesting self portrait
My artwork has gone through a huge shift in the past year. I began the year with a process of gluing burlap onto a wood substrate and then covering the burlap with plaster and acrylic paint. During the course of the year I was able to discern...
Incorporating Collage as a Mark
This was the final week of the workshop and the goal is to try to focus on using collage as a mark and then develop those collage marks by adding lines, scribbles, pattern, drips, spatters etc. I'm presenting these in their stage in progresslThe final piece feels e...
Hand made brushes!
This was a super fun week of making our own brushes. The goal was to create brushes that will reflect hand movements and gestures. I used both high flow paint and india ink.
My five brushes consisted of strands of cotton string, soft fabric netting, wheat threads with the se...
Draw, Scribble, Fling...
This week was the week to draw, scribble and fling!
I spent the week using house paint in collaboration with paint-markers and fine pen lines.
The first part of the week I tried to acquire some sort of control over dripping house paint from a wooden stick. Since t...
Drips, drops and spatters with liquid acrylic...
First I applied High Flow liquid acrylic paint directly from the bottle. The paper was held vertically to see how the drips formed vertical lines.
Next I did the same thing, but used a plastic pipette to apply the paint. This allowed for a littl...
Paint Scribbles!
We experimented with making paint scribbles or masses using different brushes as well as a heavy body (thicker paint out of a tube) and liquid acrylics (thinner and flowed from a bottle). I was able to detect differences in the marks based on these variables. Again, the goal was ...
Starting off the New Year Learning
This year I started off I decided to ring in 2019 by participating in an online course by artist Jane Davies. I admire Jane’s work very much and has a great teaching reputation both through in person workshops and online. I’ve always been attracted to dr...
