…..day 25
In Carla Sonheim’s year-long on-line class the prompt today was to take 11 photos of the same object. My granddaughter and I decided to should use Lucy, their basset hound, as my subject. This is a slight departure from the drawings and paintings that I do but I do consider photography an art form as well.
……thanks to WordPress for this week’s weekly photo challenge
I take a lot of photos of the city skyline in Toronto. Most of them are from the park at the end of my street. I love how the sky and the light changes daily and I never tire of taking pictures of the the city from across the bay.
…..spent most of the day on the road and in Collingwood
My husband had a meeting with clients in Collingwood today so I decided to accompany him on the trip. While he was with his clients I spent time walking up and down the Main Street of Collingwood, taking photographs and checking out some of the stores. After awhile I stepped into a lovely little coffee shop and treated myself to a flat white. I had to ask what it was and it sounded interesting so I ordered it. Delicious!
I brought my sketch book with me and some markers. It was the perfect place to practise my one-liners. Carla Sonheim wanted us to make several one-liners of birds, cats, potted plants or flowers, shoes and houses. For those of you unfamiliar with one-liners, you literally draw an object without taking the pen off the paper until you’ve finished the drawing. It should be loose and free flowing. They’re fun to do but sometimes a bit frustrating. My favourite are the flowers and houses. Here are a few pages that I worked on in the cafe.
….day 24
I went back to Creative Bug and decided to attempt another pattern done in watercolour. This one was pretty open ended. Lisa Congdon encouraged us to try and not copy her piece but come up with our own colours and shapes. I think I’d like to try this with acrylics next time or maybe even do one in collage.
…..day 23
In Carla Sonheim’s on-line class today the prompt was ‘I’m a circle’. She provided a link that showed the origins of the yellow smiley face. If you’re interested go here.
I decided to continue practising painting free hand with watercolour and of course I chose the circle. I purposely overlapped the circles to see how the watercolours would react and then I drew in the smiley faces in-between the circles.
….thanks to Cee for another interesting Fun Foto Challenge
Winter
Weird and Wonderful World of Guillermos del Toro
White
Wheels
….did another collage ….assignment #3 from the Collage Workbook by Randel Plowman
This week’s collage is called Black and White. Some of the drawings and marks are my own work (e.g., the bird, ink face).
…..learning photography with Trablogger
This week’s theme is switch plates and using the rule of thirds. Photos are more interesting when the subjects are not dead centre.
…..the weather is getting me down
I’m feeling a little out of whack, just like this cycle post. Bring on the sun!
Here are a few more photos for Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge
