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3x5x365 Day 234: Claimed
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May 31 – Abstract Expressionist Painting, 5×5
Title: May 31
Media:
Acrylic, watercolor pencil
Dimensions:
5″ x 5″ x 1 1/2″
Creation Notes:
I think I have the most fun when I’m playing, just seeing what happens when I mix these colors, use that brush. Often I come to a place where I’m not sure whether to keep going or not — it doesn’t feel done, but I’m afraid of ruining it… Or I’m just curious what would happen if…
In those cases, my general rule (from my Keys to Creative Flow) is to “take the riskier path.” That’s what I did in this case, adding the black watercolor pencil over the rainbow colors.
I liked what it looked like before adding the watercolor pencil, but for me playing in the Creative Sandbox is about trying things. If I hadn’t tried it, I’d never know!
This is also one of the advantages of working “tiny and daily”: if I don’t like how it comes out, not to worry, because I’ll be starting a new piece very soon. 🙂 (Plus I can always paint over what I don’t like — I do that a lot!)
In the Collection Of:
The artist (that’s me!)
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3x5x365 Day 233: Question
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May 29 – Abstract Acrylic Painting, 4×6
Title: May 29
Media:
Acrylic, watercolor pencil
Dimensions:
4″ x 6″ x 1 1/2″
(Please allow a couple of weeks for varnishing and curing before I ship!)
Creation Notes:
People often ask artists where they draw their inspiration. These days mostly I just start making marks or blobs with paint or ink, and respond to those marks improvisationally. This piece, though, did have some direct inspiration: Ruth Yuhas.
Ruth came to my Create & Incubate Retreat last weekend, and her paintings just blew me away. I wanted not to copy her (impossible anyway), but to borrow her technique of starting with pure color, then adding lines in watercolor pencil after the paint dries. What fun!
This abstract expressionist painting on canvas hasn’t been varnished yet, but I intend to varnish with a gloss finish, which will really make the colors pop, and install vinyl-wrapped hanging wire on the back.
Questions? Just lemme know!
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