Ducks and Painting

The weather has been quite moderate all month, making noontime walks a pleasure.  The mirror calm South Harbor provided smooth sailing for these local waterfowl.  

 A reflected patch of Petersburg mountain caught my eye.

Back in the studio, paintings are progressing.  

I like working on two at a time.

This is the painting on the right above, after the second morning.

And the same painting again at the end of the second day.

The smaller painting - finished for now.

And a detail...

I’m working with acrylic and paper on canvas with some transferring and stamping thrown in.  Finding my way in paint again after years in other media is an interesting venture as I slowly rediscover its magic – so direct. 

Tyvek, continued

This morning I dragged my big Tyvek square upstairs to the top floor of the building that houses my studio so I could lay it out on the floor and do the next step.

I checked out a book about origami from the library...

...and followed the directions...

 

...very carefully...

...until I had a giant origami crane.  Now for the tricky bit: turning it into wearable art!

Daily Drawing

Pigma pen and Prismacolor pencil in 9"x6" sketchbook

Contemporary Stitchery Book

‘Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery’ by Leanne Prain is a visual treat covering 28 contemporary embroidery artists and their often humorous, always amazing innovative artwork.  

Each artist is interviewed and their stitchery showcased with excellent color photographs shot by Jeff Christenson.  After every artist’s section is a project based on the style and techniques they use.  I really enjoyed this fun survey of the current world of subversive stitchery.

Ice on Falls Creek

 

I want to add a little note of welcome to new readers. One of the main reasons I began my blog was to forge relationships with other artists.  To that end, I love getting your comments and answer you by email.  Thanks for visiting, and have a good rest of the weekend.

Tyvek, Painting, and Drawing

The busy harbor drew me out for a noon walk.  It was all blue and silver out there, a contrast from the colors I was working with in my studio.

crab gear

I am working on my piece for the local wearable art show coming up next month.  Last week I made a scale model.  Today I started painting the real thing, a very large piece of Tyvek.

Tyvek is used as a vapor barrier in house construction, but it makes a dandy painting surface.

I started with primer over the branding.

The paint is acrylic enamel  - I will be covering both sides.  Got this side completed today

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Waiting for the paint to dry on the Tyvek gave me time to carry on with a couple of new smaller paintings I started last week.  Here's a look at one when I stopped for the day.

A professor I learned much from used to say 'painting is novel, drawing is journal.  I think about that a lot, since my drawings are so different from my paintings.  My goal with this series is to bring more of my drawing-sense into my paintings.

Do you have a distinctly different style from drawing to painting?

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1" = 1'-0" Scale Model

In the Harbor

The day was warmer and the ice underfoot abated - I went for a noon walk on the floats.

The clouds were heavy and squalls were moving through quickly, but the sun broke through for a few minutes, illuminating bits of color on bow and stern. Hope you are having a colorful week.  Look out for this full moon - could be a challenging day ahead Tuesday.