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
Carving out Inspirations – Starting materials
I found an old set of stone and wood carving tools tied to a chunk of soapstone with a dry elastic band... my mind went right to play and experimentation! I wanted to try and see what I could make out of it. As I was thinking, I decided to stay a process journal for … Continue reading Carving out Inspirations – Starting materials
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Six: Loose Lines
See T'Hed Forty-Five for more of this ramble... deflating... squiggly...erratic...blowing-away...fear... I'm not sure what happened here, but I like how loose and free it feels. This is closer to what I want to achieve in paint... I remember feeling a little different while drawing it though... another sign that I should listen to my instincts … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Six: Loose Lines
The New Renaissance Mindset 