Exploring more with photoshop.

Blue lines with thread.

Starting with this photographed image from last time…..

Denis Spicer Painting. Image his.

…I worked back with a this still life painting…..and the selection, stretching and compacting and eraser tool ….

to create this .

Experimental Still Life 1.

Then I played around a bit more with this beautiful Denis Spicer….

….adding…

Little left over ‘pixals’ copied on the scanner.

….and this awesome fonts mashup I found on the internet.

Image from Xapsis blogpost.

….gave me….

Experimental Still Life 2.

Dropping out the stitched image and just working with the ‘fonts’ and the ‘still life’ resulted in this….

Experimental Still Life 3.

…and by adding this to the original Still Life….

Found feather black and white still life reproduction from painting by Haunted Hollow Tree on Etsy.

I moved towards this….

Experimental Still Life 4

I don’t love this image as whole, but I do like bits.

Like, this bit….

Bit 1 Experimental Life Drawing 4.

…and this bit…

Bit 2 Experimental Still Life 4.

Then ….leaving the feathers (as beautiful and simple as they are) …I played with this image.

Image from Utne reader.

….and still keeping the ‘fonts’ in play…

Experimental Still Life 5.

I love that the most obvious number is 5 but there are 6 things.

…I also like this bit…..

Bit 1 Experimental Still Life 5.

I will keep experimenting….and in the meantime… tell me which ones appeal to you.

Focus Artist: Manon Gignoux

Image via Manon Gignoux.

I came across this designer/artist on Pinterest and am super inspired by what I am seeing.

Clicking on the image will take you through to more beautiful images, not just of her work but of her inspirations and studio.

Amazing stuff.

The Magician’s Nephew….. another beginning.

Charn

I have started a new work…. in the same style … based around The Magician’s Nephew by C.S Lewis.

I am imagining a large (full wall) work with many elements.

Here’s the beginning.

Fledge

Enjoying …..

Click through for more detailed photos of my daughter’s artwork.

Focus Artist: Anna Willi-Highfield.

My art teacher suggested I have a look at Anna Willi-Highfield.

Inspiring.

Paper Sculture by Anna Willi-Highfield.

Paper Sculpture by Anna Willi-Highfield.

Wren by Anna Willi-Highfield.

Read more about the person and her work here or here or here.

Amazing.

3 pears and a pomegranate update….. and other works on the same theme.

3 pears and a pomegranate…. to date.  (A1ish)

Yes still working on this one. I think it’s going to take a while, but I am loving the textures of paper and thread….. saturated and dripped with inks.

Pomegranate close-up…..

pears close-up.

Meanwhile , I have put a few other pieces together.

Quick ones…. but I am really happy with the outcome.

The drawings are loosely based on other artists artwork…..

Image from betterphoto.com

I used just 3 pears….

3 pears waiting…… (A4)

They remind me of cellos. You?

close-up…

The back also is cool. I love the way the inks make their way through the paper via the thread, colouring it.

The back.

Image from here.

Lone pear…. (A4)

‘The lone pear’ is a simple quick idea.

Ink, threads, pencil

close-up…

I’m enjoying the ripped and inked edge. It reminds me of a book.

Please give me your feedback in the comments…. I love to hear what you think, even if it’s negative.

Artmaking Part 1

Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback on where to start creating again.

These are some shots from the classes so far.

I was a bit out of practise and unsure so I spent some time sketching, using the inspiration you all suggested.

This is what the first week produced.

This image from decor8 became…..

….. a pencil sketch.

Image from the house of turquoise…….

…. this very ‘not really convincing’ pencil sketch.

I cropped the image from decor8 to become……

….. this little A3 collage (brown paper with ‘pencil paper’, charcole ad pencil. I am quite pleased with this one.

During the making of the collage I put a sheet of graphite carbon paper underneath as I worked. This was the result. Interesting as every mark comes out the same colour.

This image from ‘the bottom of my ironing basket’……

…..became this pencil ‘hatching’. Surprising myself a little by how much I enjoyed making this. I am pleased with the result.

Cross Hatched sketch.

During the second week I developed a couple of these ideas.

Using the pears and pomegranate I worked with crumpled handmade paper, collage, cross hatching, ink, pencil and stitching to start creating an artwork. It will take a while to finish….. lots of stitching to come.

The beginning of the A1(ish) work.