….Saturday, November 20, 2021
What an exciting day! The Small Gems Show opened and the turnout was amazing. It was so nice to see the gallery full of people (all vaccinated and wearing masks) and the art work was spectacular. Here are a few images from the show.
…..using ink
I know that my hand made brushes will react differently to different media and the type of paper I use. Yesterday I used simple newsprint to experiment on and I painted with black India ink and green and gold acrylic ink.
Most of the brushes produced very thin lines but the simplest brush with the larger buds produced the bigger marks. I’m planning on trying this again using acrylic paint to see if the more viscous media leaves more dramatic marks. Maybe I’ll try watercolours as well but I suspect they will react the same way that the inks did. These papers will come in handy for collage work that I’m planning on creating for the next show.
….from materials from the garden and the water’s edge
After completing my three art pieces for this weekend’s Small Gems Show I started to delve into some video art classes that I recently purchased. The first class is called Loosen Up and Tara Lever has produced some very inspiring lessons. One of the first ones is making your own brushes from natural materials.
I thoroughly enjoyed going on a foraging trip through my garden and the park at the end of my street. I came back with a bag full of interesting plant material.
After sorting through the stems of dried materials I started to bunch them together and wrapped them with yarn, thread and wool. I loved doing this and when I finished I placed them in a vase that I made a couple of years ago.
Now I’m ready to get out my ink and paints and experiment with mark making using my new brushes. Some of them may not hold up well but that’s okay. I’ll post some of my experiments later this week.
Cheers!
….could have something to do with the fact that the artist was having a CAT Scan done today
….these lovely murals are surrounding the trees at U of T so they don’t get damaged during construction
Thanks to Sami for hosting Monday Mural https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2021/11/monday-mural-cheeky-dogs.html
….despite our freaked out friend here, my husband (the artist) feels it’s going to be a great week
…Thanks to Patti for hosting this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge https://pilotfishblog.com/2021/11/13/lens-artists-photo-challenge-174-shapes-and-designs/
Shapes and designs are found everywhere. From the simple forms and lines found in nature to man made art and architecture.
….Margaret Rodgers used her love of crosswords as her subject for her art show at the Ruth Upjohn Gallery, Women’s Art Association of Canada
Using paint and collage Margaret created these beautiful works of art to highlight a very common activity that probably saw an uptick in popularity in the last two years.
I also found the use of words very interesting. I don’t know if she was purposely trying to make a political statement but words like power, vote, elect, money, power, mock, jokers, and autocrat leads me to think that this might be the case. We also just recently had a federal election. The longer I look at these pieces I see more interesting themes.
If you’re in Toronto, the show is on for one more day. The last day is Tuesday, November 16.
…what could possibly go wrong?
….thanks to Jude for hosting the Life in Colour Challenge https://traveltalk.me.uk/2021/11/07/life-in-colour-32/
Black or grey are technically not colours and the challenge is not to post black and white photos but objects that are black or grey in a colourful world.
