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A series of six small studies
This is four from a series of six small collage paintings (24 x 18 cm ) framed 35 x 29 cm. I really enjoyed working with a limited palette in the frosty winter and early spring days here in the UK.
You can see all six at Little Buckland Gallery
Fresco
Fresco. Paper collage and acrylic on canvas, mounted on a wooden panel. 42 x 60 cm. £870
Urban Playground
Urban Playground. Paper collage and acrylic on paper mounted on a wooden panel. 48 x 67 cm £915
Urban marks
At last, I feel that I am getting my mark making to speak back to me. Phew! This has taken quite a few weeks of searching and pushing. It is so hard, at the moment, to work out how we feel, and if is due to the outside world, or the wrong colour paint!
For many days my work felt heavy and laboured, I was putting in many hours, but I wasn’t getting anything back; no excitement, no buzz. Working on a big scale wasn’t helping either, there was a fair bit of bending, stretching and wrestling with unstretched canvas in a small space. So this week I went back to small, 8 inch square pieces on paper, with a limited palette. Oh, a touch of happiness came through! I was in the zone, I could feel the subject/theme.
The urban coastline is always there.
Black and white abstracts
I loved working on these small abstracts – which slowly began to feel like boats. Working with ink and charcoal gives such a range of sensitive and bold marks.
I’m so excited I can’t sleep!
What a week! I launched my new six week online sketchbook course a week ago and I have been blow away with the work and comments.
I wake up thinking about my sketchbook. This came at just the right time as we lockdown again. So much fun – my head is buzzing! My life started to change last Monday, thank you Karen ! It’s like entering a wonderland ! This course makes me sooo happy! I can’t wait to see what is coming next!
Wow! I really underestimated how this course would be received. During these hard times many people have began to ‘feed their soul’ and do what makes them feel good, even just for a few hours a week. I know from my own experience that having an online tutor ‘in my studio’ really inspires me, so I am honoured to be teaching such an enthusiastic group of sketchbook artists.
We artists know that we can be totally absorbed for days and weeks with our mark making, drawing and painting and that when we are in the zone nothing else comes into our heads.
Isn’t that a good place to be?
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