See more at T'Hed Fifty-Three... I feel this might be the best of the five I did this same day. Maybe it's the bigger face that allows the contracting colours to sine individually, or it's that I was using the materials a little better to cover the surface, or my colour choices just worked better... … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Fifty-Four: Trusting the material a little more…
Working out an inspiration – T’Hed Fifty-Three: push to conclude an experiment
For more explorations, see T'hed Fifty-two... First let me say I did the following five pictures on the same day... the purpose was to push an experimentation with the previously prepared papers (collaged with wallpaper and music sheet paper, and painted with gouache)... When I last wrote on T'hed, I wanted to get away from … Continue reading Working out an inspiration – T’Hed Fifty-Three: push to conclude an experiment
Goya Squares – Thinking of what I might do next…
Over two years ago I was challenged by a drawing teacher in an exciting way: He called them Goya Squares. He cut-up (photocopies) of Goya & Durer etchings into small 1" square(ish) pieces so we couldn't recognize the original artwork. He captured my curiosity when he suggested we don't look for the original these pieces … Continue reading Goya Squares – Thinking of what I might do next…
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Fifty-Two: Working with mistakes
See T'Hed Fifty-One because you really want to and you know it! Still sticking with the yellow-ish printer paper as my substrate (and I've prepared several others with it...); I glued on some wallpaper and old (cotton paper) music sheet pieces. I let it dry before painting on some gouache, and let dry again. This … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Fifty-Two: Working with mistakes
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Fifty-One: Mixing it up!
See T'Hed Fifty... just because! Sticking with the odd (11" x 17', yellow-ish printer paper) as a base, I glued on a scrap piece of wallpaper, and tried to paint on some (black) gouache. Then I let it dry (to see if the pastels would work better on the dry paper, because they tore it … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Fifty-One: Mixing it up!
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Fifty: Is the story getting more layers?
See T'Hed Forty-Nine... just because! Boredom helps inspire new directions... sometimes! I have this weird paper: yellow with a parchment mottling on it, 11" x 17"... could be a special printer paper, as it isn't very thick. I decided to glue on some old music sheet (cotton) paper pieces to it, paint on some gouache, … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Fifty: Is the story getting more layers?
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Nine: Enough Crayons?
See T'Hed Forty-Eight for similar oddities... The medium didn't do justice to the design... well, it kinda does... Here pastels might have given a more oil painting feel and I wondered if I could have used acrylics and a pallet knife to get the texture and increase the vibrancy... I could blame the poor quality … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Nine: Enough Crayons?
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Eight: Back to wavering left-ish
See T'Hed Forty-Seven for more on these strangenesses... I think this is the basic form and my stock of old crayons is running low on vibrant choices... it feels like a deal of uncertainty was placed on the colour choices and the effect feel unspectacular to me. In retrospect, the colours were not the issue, … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Eight: Back to wavering left-ish
Gray Sunshine
I'm always searching for inspirations with my camera in hand... I often capture sights that I have no clue what will develop from them... I only know they feel wonderful to look at and touch some cord inside... this one may become a painting, it may become a new piece of pottery... whatever it inspires, … Continue reading Gray Sunshine
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Seven: Exit the inner-child
See T'Hed Forty-Six for more on this process... Ok, so the floating orange blocks appear to be the stars (focal point) of this composition... Perhaps that's the essence of how my inner-child feels... always somewhat in the background! Loosely formed, faded, and fragile; my inner-child tries with all its might to stand tall and solid … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Seven: Exit the inner-child
The New Renaissance Mindset 