….today was a very productive day for art making
Not only did I complete two more watercolour abstracts but my husband made three more paintings and our granddaughter made a drawing with her mother after watching a youtube video.
….working small
I’m in love with intuitive painting. I never quite know where I’m going when I start but the process is very meditative. As I get into the painting I see some themes pop up and I go there but try to stay loose. I still need to work on that.
I’ve always wanted to paint gifts for friends but have lacked self confidence or run out of time or both. This year I made the time and dove in. I started with just laying down marks and then randomly layered colour all over the board. Once the first layer dried I layered another random selection of colour over the first and usually in opposite temperatures, i.e. cool vs warm colours.
Here are some examples of how the process starts.
When I start into the final layer I tend to go to floral or landscape themes. After I’ve laid down the main shapes I start to add marks for interest.
These are all 8 x 8 on wooden panels. Here are some close-up of the same work.
…thanks to Snow from The Snow Melts Somewhere for hosting this week’s Friendly Friday
Design is everywhere. We often travel far and wide to capture beautiful design elements in architecture when there are wonderful design elements right under our noses here at home.
Design in London, England
Here at home and in the neighbourhood
….this is the last instalment for Daily Post Countdown to the Year 2014
September – back to school so lots of children’s art, especially Kindergarten art and a trip to the AGO to see the Alex Colville show
October – leaf art, colour bugs, friendly monsters, art at the farmers’ market and artistic pumpkins
November and December – more monsters, poppies, kindergarten art -‘drawing my body’ and Picasso portraits and another on-line course called ‘Table Top Drawing and Painting’
Looking forward to more art in 2015!
….continuing with the writing challenge
April & May – students creating masterpieces for the Fun Fair Silent Auction
June – Painting My Garden – an on-line course, my birch tree painting on wood and warm-up contour drawings for the first Summer Art Camp assignment
August – Summer Art Camp kept me very busy
Thanks to Word Press for this challenge. Stay tuned for part 3.
….this week’s Word Press writing challenge is to create a photo essay on any subject that I feel passionate about
I love art. I create art, I teach art to children and I go to art galleries. Here’s my year in art.
January – Children’s art and assignments from Faces 101 (on-line class with Carla Sonheim)
February – my pottery, collaged faces, children’s collage fantasy art, trip to the AGO
March – Student abstracts. weaving, portraits and my abstracts, owls and indigo tie dye creations
Stay tuned for parts 2, 3, and 4
Cheers
Mama Cormier 