Well, that happened. I guess I am in the minority and I was deluding myself that a woman, a biracial woman, an intelligent, educated woman could win an election against whatever DJT is.
Sad, anxious, fearful for the next 4-8 years. I say 8 because I truly believe that once his group takes control, they will not give it up so we’ll have the Hillbilly JD next :(
This is going to take some time before I feel like creating much…but I could be wrong.
I seem to be all over the place with art - but that’s okay. Perhaps I will, eventually, become a mixed media artist because I want to try everything!
Used a feather stencil I had to make a few more prints, changing the color a little at a time and getting some good ghost prints.
Since I was on a feather kick, I made some little feathers in watercolor on small paper, adding hanging (really, for gluing into a sketchbook) - based on Amy Maricle’s Mindful Art group inspirations…and then back to printmaking. I am mailing some of these prints (and others I found in my little art room) to my friend in Asheville who lost so much of her work and collage papers in the flood from Hurricane Helene. They are still digging out - to me it seems like it’s been so long and I imagine to those in the area it seems like even longer to be without and have your town look so battered but they are cleaning and rebuilding (but 90 people still missing from those hill towns in North Carolina :(
I return to watercolor, my all time favorite thing…
Just to find places to store all these printed papers I’m making - but it is addictive!!
It’s hard to keep up with all the great printmaking/collage artists in the sessions (2 full weeks!!) and I need a bigger art room! Ha ha
This first one was done by drizzling fluid acrylic over canvas I had lying around and never used. I let that dry and began sorting the paper out to make my painting (did draw the image on freehand to give me a bit of a guide). Rough going and tearing printed paper into bits with glue (matte medium can be used but I’m using PVA Glue which is used in bookbinding) to fit into the drawing shapes, then added a bit of lighter colored paper here and there and white Posca pen (acrylic). This technique was taught by Leanne Daquino on day one and she had us print a lot on tissue paper (the paper that comes with gifts - white, thin, and not expensive at all).
Whew! These take a long time to get it right and I think mine looks pretty rough and beginner-ish but that’s okay. And I’m glad I put that green-yellow drizzled background in first on the canvas or it would look even more rough!
