Started a silicon intaglio plate and did a short two color run of my first carving. The color background I did a couple in magenta and a couple in red using a blank linoleum block. Then went over with my carved block and black ink. I’d like a chance at re-carving the design because I think I could do better now. But I like the over all effect. I found a frame/mat combo at Aaron brothers and it is on display in my laundry room Art gallery.
Actually, cats do this to protect you from gnomes who come and steal your breath while you sleep. - John Dobbin
I mostly have the day off so I thought I’d tackle the Book of the Night Warm Up. I didn’t do it exactly as described but as closely as I could stand too. The shadowy mist did not turn out the way I hoped. Nothing stuck to the slick acrylic background including the layer of fear words.
I think my name on my father’s tombstone is spooky. It may be the only tombstone my name will appear on. When he passed away 2 years ago on my birthday, he turned into (in my mind/grieving) the father archetype rather than the flawed human being. I am happy to have enjoyed him in the last year of his life.
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Jill is teaching Acrylics on Thursday nights so I looked around for a different kind of art class and decided on Eco Printmaking with instructor Elena Guttman. The class runs for 8 weeks and is at the Tabor PCC campus on the corner of 82nd and Division. The Eco part of the class is using non-toxic materials, water based ink rather than oil. I’m curious to try the soy ink.
Step One Transfer Design
Paul & I sketched our cupcakes before eating them. I swear they tasted better for it.
I had hoped my new lens would show up in the morning yesterday but it came after 3 pm. I’ll go out with it later today but I snapped a few in my backyard wearing P.J.’s.
There is no ideal sketchbook or journal. In my search I started creating a mixed paper journal that is ‘junior sized’ half of a page of 8.5 x 11 that is hole punch for that size of binder. I collect a variety of paper and mix it up. Colored card stock, parchment, drawing, watercolor, sketching, found, prepped acrylic color field, etc.
For the cover I use report covers (black) that I purchased from Oregon Laminates and also sheets of acetate so you can see through. Sometimes I’ll put multiple cover sections in if I want the journal to open up in multiple places (extra sketching paper). I’m using binder rings to keep it together. Its a little bulkier than a normal sketch book. Not too bad if I use the smallest binder rings (but I worry I’d run out of paper with the smaller one). They fold over flat at any page so there is no fighting how the pages open. I like the variety of surfaces, sometimes I skip around if I want a certain paper but I also like to let what ever happens happen. I can journal, sketch, draw, paint, make to-do lists, archive the stuff I’m tired of looking at.
What I discovered in the last couple of days is I like how charcoal looks on the craft paint acrylic fields I’ve been creating in hopes of Art Journaling.
I went to the C.A.T. today for my cat fix. Thought I could practice sketching cats. They have rooms full of cats you can walk in and pet. When I got there around 4 p.m. The kittens were on full tilt bouncing off the walks. 30 or so kitten with their paws through the bars begging for attention. I got over stimulated looking at them.
Found a couple of lap cats upstairs and a few that would sit still enough to sketch.
I found half a dozen I’d love to take home. It was fantastic to firstly walk into a room of cats and secondly have them clamor for attention. Sukhi is the best cat in the world but if I telecommute thats all the attention she craves.