….slowly changing the big pieces
Not ready to reveal the larger painted pieces but I have been working on my mark making and smaller watercolour florals.
Daily Art Challenge for March – Day 8
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Day 8 – Painting Over and Trying Again
….to post or not to post
When a piece of art doesn’t work do you own up to it and post it anyway? Since I’m on this Daily Art Challenge for March I feel like I’m being dishonest when I don’t talk about my failed pieces. I seem to be in a rut right now. Nothing I do seems to work. I’ve painted over this one piece now three times. If it doesn’t work this time I think I need to start fresh and put this piece aside.
I wanted to paint using bright and cheery colours but it just didn’t work for me. I’m better off painting intuitively. Here is where it started and how I repainted over it this morning. No guarantees that this is going to work.
The Corkies Wish all my Women Friends a Happy International Women’s Day
….Kevin’s family of mice finally have a name
Slow Mark Making on Day 7
…some days these warm-up activities are the best art I make for that day
Wishing the World Peace and Harmony
….difficult to paint when I’m seeing so many negative images on TV
I continue make art every day but on Day 6 of my March Art Challenge I needed some positive symbols of peace. For my warm-up activity I found these Chinese characters of Peace and Harmony.
Macro Monday – Diving into the Evergreens
On one of my walks this weekend I discovered that there were some interesting macro shots amidst the branches of the evergreens that I passed. I walked over patches of ice and mud to get a closer look. Here’s what I found.
Warming Up and Getting Ready to Make Two More Paintings
….more mark making on white and over colour
Day 5
More Mark Making – Day 4
…a little bit of art every day for the month of March
This form of mark making is very relaxing. Thanks to Amy Maricle for reminding me how much I enjoy this.
One Down, Nine to Go
….this painting took an unexpected turn
I knew that the painting that I started two days ago needed some changes but it changed drastically and now it’s almost unrecognizable from the original. I’m actually very happy with it and it will probably end up in my solo show at the end of June.
Mindful Mark Making – Day 3
….really enjoying this very zen-like exercise of slow drawing
I’m a follower of Amy Maricle at Mindful Art Studio, amy@mindfulstudio.com. Every week she hosts a free workshop on slow drawing. I love the exercises and find that the mark making comes in handy with my paintings. Here are three exercises that I finished late last night.
Mama Cormier 