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I haven't done "scrapbooking" for years. But our local library has set up a Scrapbook Center, and I went to the introductory session. This is the page I produced.
This is just a glimpse of some of the activities our Mah Jongg group, Mah Jongg in the 'Ville, has participated in. It's good to remember the fun we've had.
"The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most." John Ruskin
Friday I took a mini workshop led by artist Jim Buchan. We painted tomatoes in watercolor.
I use watercolor regularly in my mixed media pieces, but rarely do a complete painting.
I quickly get in "the zone" when I do creative work, so it was an intense 4 hrs. for me.
I recorded the stages of the painting.
Underpainting with the palette: Aureolin yellow, Scarlet Lake, Sap green, Cobalt blue, & a sprinkling of salt.
Tomatoes 2
Tomatoes 3
Tomatoes dry the next day on the easel.
One thing I do during a short class is attempt to make 2 paintings at once. I can experiment with ways of handling the paint to create different effects.
These paintings need more work to be complete.
What happened? My Jan 1 post revealed an orderly art table ready for clay printing. And now I'm reduced to enough space to what: making a postcard.
I have a love/hate relationship with paper. I can't seem to help myself when it comes to an interesting paper: the image, the texture, the color; I want to save it all. But paper is like rabbits, it seems to multiply. Then what do you do with all of it?
The postcard swap got me thinking about postcards & postcards means collage, & collage means paper. And every piece of paper requires a decision.
Is there any hope?
"Color is power which directly influences the soul."
Wassily Kandinsky
Independence Day, a day to count your blessings.
The art work is one of my clayprints. My interpretation of the flag of Cuba.
Their flag may have the same colors as our own "stars & stripes", but it certainly doesn't stand for the freedoms that we enjoy.
Today, celebrate & be thankful for the USA.
