Play Time

​Let that inner child run free with all the art supplies.  Try something new every day, make a mess, and answer the question of "Can I do that?" with a resounding "Yes!".  Try something new, learn and "fail forward".  ​Variety is the spice of life it has been said, and I tend to live it in my art endeavors.  In the past month my interest have taken me into...

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• Bullet Journaling, hand made journal and each page layout is an original composition 
• Creating a calendar that required a bit of photography, poetry and a lot of patience with technology and the printer,
• The question of which acrylic paint best suited my needs lead to a comparison of 6 brands.  Creating a color wheel, swatches, tinting chart and a detailed analysis. 
• The former question also lead to a series of paintings to see how many canvas' can be covered with 16 oz of paint...I'm still working on that one. 
• An invitation lead to a day of needle felting, friends and food at the coast and ended in an ambitious partial face.  
• Re-work a print lead to designing an entertaining alphabet
• A new painting "Blue Girl Rising" lead to cutting a stencil and the concept for another book that will require 8 more paintings.  Currently I'm just shy of being a third of the way completed with the paintings.  
• A fellow artist interest in learning the basics of painting with acrylics lead to the development of an Introduction to Acrylic Paining class.  Which lead to the need for new paintings, answers to questions like what paint is the best and why, which brushes would I suggest, etc. which lead to some of the aforementioned fun.
• Trying out new ideas, styles and techniques lead to more of the same in many paintings.  Macro, micro, abstract, realism, traditional painting, pallet knife, 
• When I needed something with visual interest I came up with a hammer with character.  From this I thought what a fun idea to do still life with tools and capture their character for future projects.  Check out the Still Life Gallery

It does appear that my inner child when on an art rampage this last month.