….day 102 of 365 days of art
I enjoyed playing with my inks but I felt that I didn’t get the same kind of depth that charcoal gives.
Abstract Studies in Ink
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Charcoal Studies in Abstraction
….day 100 and 101 of 365 Days of Art
I’m redoing a class in abstract painting with Karine Swenson. Our first assignment was to create these abstract studies in charcoal.
Mythical Beast and Spooky Tree
…days 98 and 99 of the 365 Days of Art
Over the last two days I’ve gone back to my 500 Daily Drawing Prompts journal to create two more sketches. The first one I did was the spooky tree which was fun to do but I feel like I relied too heavily on an image I found on Google. The second sketch, the mythical beast, was my own creation. I did search the web for some ideas and came up with this flying serpent.
Playing With Complementary Colours
….day 97 of 365 Days of Art
A couple of days ago I was watching a video on YouTube on how complementary colours ‘vibrate’ when placed next to each other. Jean Lurssen does a series of watercolour videos with exercises that help the painter loosen up and experiment with a number of different techniques. Check her out.
One Hot Mess
….day 96 of 365 days of art
Not everything that I paint or draw will be pretty. In this piece I finally got back to playing with ink and watercolour and experimenting with how they interact. You can see that I got a little carried away but I wanted you to see that I haven’t given up on my personal art challenge.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Books or Paper
…thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge
Two things that I have lots of in this house are books and paper.
What Happened in 1917?
….in Canada
1917 is often referred to as the worst year in Canadian history. In that year we saw the highest casualty figures for Canada during WWI. The death toll at Vimy Ridge alone was 3598 with another 7000 injured.
The city of Halifax was destroyed when two ships collided in Halifax Harbour, killing 1900 civilians and injuring 9000 in a town of 50 000. It was the worst man-made destruction of a city until 1945.
The conscription policy divided the country in one of the most bitter elections ever in 1917 but on the upside some women were granted the right to vote if they had a husband, father or brother who served in the war.
It was also the year that the Nation Hockey League (NHL) was established but not until an American team won the Stanley Cup for the first time earlier in the year. Tom Thomson, a famous Canadian artist, also died that year under mysterious circumstances.
Today I went to Montgomery’s Inn to sign up as a volunteer. While I was there I happened upon a wonderful art display of paintings depicting what happened in Canada in 1917.
Three Bunnies
…..one real, one garden variety and one drawn
I came across the real bunny this week on one of my walks. It was one of those moments when I wished I had brought my good camera with the zoom lens. The second bunny is a ceramic garden figure and the third bunny is a drawing that my husband drew for our granddaughter.
Flags, Tattoo, Family Crest
….day 95 of the 365 Days of Art
I’ve started my day by drawing in my new art journal 500 Drawing Prompts. Today the prompts are flags, tattoos and family crest. I drew the flag from memory, the crest I made up and the tattoo I referenced from Google. Unfortunately you can see how the pen from the previous drawing has bled through. I’ve switched to Micron pens and that seems to help.
365 Days of Art – Waterfall and Wizard’s Staff
….day 93
My new art journal has 500 drawing prompts. Right now I’m starting from the beginning and doing them in order. Not sure why, it’s just a thing that I do. My daughter also gave me a package of Micro-line pens but I discovered that they bleed through to the other side so I have to either use a lighter hand or switch to pencil.
Mama Cormier 