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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Help Me Find the Stairwell Day 18

Day 18  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.


Have to Find the Stairwell
9 x 7"
Sketchpad Watercolor Paper
Acrylics  Crayons  Stencil  collage Inktense Pencils


Monday, September 17, 2018

I Fell Down the Rabbit Hole Day 17

Day 17  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.

Sometimes our mental "jails" can be pleasant, although lonely! I am having fun with these small doodles. They seem to take on a life of there own and I am just the tool!


Seems I Fell Down the Rabbit Hole
7 x 9"
Sketchpad Watercolor Paper
Acrylics  Crayons  Stencil  collage Inktense Pencils

WIP
Sometimes I like to photograph my work. Seems I can observe it better and see what it wants or needs,

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Figure on the Wall Day 16

Day 16  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.


This started out as a figure sketch on an acrylic background. Didn't like it so veiled her and did more brayer work. She was determined to appear, so I let her stay. Added collage pieces, but still a bit on the kitsch side. Our workshop mentor, Reuven,  says there is a place for kitsch in art so can't argue with that!


My Offering for the Wall
7 x 9"
Sketchpad Watercolor Paper
Acrylics  Crayons  Stencil  collage

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Who Is In the Orchard Day 15

Day 15  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.




My Sketchbook
Gift from my artist friend Traudi
Bought at Ikea!
Watercolor paper middle sheet light pink plain paper

Found Myself Trapped in the Orchard
Soil-inspired expertise
9 x 7"
Sketchpad PinkPaper
Acrylics  Crayons  Stencil  collage


Thursday, September 13, 2018

Animal Guides Day 14

Day 14  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.

Nothing beats the understanding of animals. They sort of crept in when I wasn't looking to act as my guide and keep me company.


Animals Will be My Salvation
9 x 7"
Sketchpad Watercolor Paper
Acrylics  Crayons  Stencil  Ink Intense Watercolor Pencils

Faces Behind the Wall Day 13

Day 13  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.


The Face Behind the Wall
9 x 7"
Sketchpad Watercolor Paper
Acrylics Crayons Pencil Stencil  


Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Hiding in the Forest Day 12

Day 12  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.

From  I Ching  
 Your Path is not his, and one Path is not necessarily more right than the other.

Hiding in the Forest of my Thoughts
9 x 7"
Sketchpad Lt PinkPaper
Acrylics Crayons Collage Stencil  


Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Floating Above Day 11

Day 11  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.



Rising Above
9 x 7"
Sketchpad Lt PinkPaper
Acrylics Crayons Collage Stencil  

From the e-course

Dressing up a Rodin Sketch


Monday, September 10, 2018

Is There a Paradise Day 10

Day 10  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.

I have no idea where these small pieces are coming from. Each time I look I see something new appear.  Found these words in an Alumni Bulletin and thought they fit. Started out with brayer and paints and then see where they will take me.

Maybe I Will Find my Paradise
9 x 7"
Sketchpad Lt Watercolor Paper
Acrylics Crayons Collage Stencil  

My daughter and family arrived home safely last evening after 5 + months in Near East
Nepal, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand! What a great start for the NEW YEAR

From the e-course

First Sketch
9 x 11 " Sketchpad
Charcoal and Wax Crayons on Acrylic Background

before starting the
larger work, wanted to get
the feel of the pose






Sunday, September 9, 2018

Looking for the Escape Route Day 9

Day 9  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.

Eve of Rosh HaShana
Healthy Happy and Creative New Year to ALL



Escape By the Yellow Brick Road
9 x 7"

Sketchpad Lt Pink Paper
Acrylics Crayons Collage Stencil  






Saturday, September 8, 2018

A Helping Hand Day 8

Day 8  30 in 30

Mixed media on watercolor paper. Continuation of the main theme of "jail" from a previous post.

Is it a week already! Went by fast!

Out of Nowhere a Helping Hand
9 x 7"
Sketchpad Watercolor Paper
Acrylics Crayons Collage Stencil  




Added the Soft Pastels

Charcoal Drawing plus Wax Crayons
Caran d'ache Neocolor I

Busy day, did I say BUSY
Honey Cake to make
Apple Pie to bake
3 small 30 x 30 challenge pieces to make
A portrait to do
and more figures figures figures...addictive these are!

Friday, July 27, 2018

Summer Heat and Catching Up

My computer room/studio has no AC! Summer heat, we all know summer heat plus humidity!
What I don't get done in the morning when the room is relatively cool, just doesn't get done. Then I keep procrastinating.

July at the workshop is all about oils. Most paint with acrylics so for them it's their first taste of using oils. Some like it and some don't. We are getting very specific lessons, YAY, in the use of oils in the classic way. Think I wrote about this before. Anyway, first light charcoal sketches (real), working in sienna or raw umber in a tonal study, and then adding color. Learning to put down the masses/shapes and not get tied down in details.

Have also done some figure sketches with color.

Bacchus
Study in Oils
13.75 x 17 "
On Gessoed Paper

Study in Greens
Oils
19.75 x 13.75 "
Gessoed Paper

Figure after Mattisse Drawing
Charcoal + Caran D'ache Neocolor I Crayons + Oils
13.75 x 19.5
Gessoed Paper 

Reclining Woman
Charcoal + Caran D'ache Neocolor I Crayons + Oils
19.5 x 13.75 "
Gessoed Paper
Model from Croquis Cafe 

Uri on Boat Vietnam
Raw Umber Tonal Study
19.5 x 13.75 "
Gessoed Paper

Uri on Boat Vietnam
Caran D'ache Neocolor I Crayons  + Medium
19.5 x 13.75 "
Gessoed Paper







Thursday, May 8, 2014

Live!: A History of Art for Artists, Animators and Gamers Coursera

Live!: A History of Art for Artists, Animators and Gamers

For the past 9 weeks I took my first course or MOOC  at Cousera, an online site for learning from well known universities. This was run from Calarts  and was of a very high standard.  Last evening they had a closing hang out using google+ to sort of sum up the course.

At art school, RISD, I took several Art History classes but none really compared to this experience. The lectures were wonderful showing Art through various concepts rather than in the chronological fashion.  These lectures and exposure to a wide amount of art, some of which I was familiar and some quite new , seemed to trigger a wider view to research, like a seed growing new shoots. If this ever goes online again I would strongly recommend.  

I would like to share some three of the required assignments from the course. 

Required Assignment 1: World-in-a-Box (Track A)

This assignment is taken from an excellent book entitled Draw it with your eyes closed: the art of the assignment (New York: Paper Monument, 2012). It’s also listed in the course bibliography. I credit it to sculptor Rachel Foullon, who credits it to sculptor and teacher Jack Risley.
Instructions:
Using any means, materials and style you like, create a collection of objects and design a means of displaying them. Some things to think about:
Your objects can be in two (flat) and/or three dimensions.
You could make the objects or collect them from elsewhere.
They might belong together chronologically, or not.
Think about how the objects can be combined to make something that adds up to more than just themselves (or alternatively, how the collection “is what it is”).
Think about how the objects relate to each other spatially and how the means of display reinforces or complicates that sense of space and objects within it.


This is a photo montage using as a background on of my own fragmented oil  paintings and then pasting various sculptures from photos of Storybook land, a group of theme parks in Holon. The statues represent well known characters from Israeli  children's books. I put in the easel to sort of represent myself in this fantasy world. Also painted in the fashion of children's paintings,,,, example the sun etc.  Although these books are not known internationally I thought they represented a child's fantasy. It was not fully understood... in my peer evaluation they thought the rat with a suitcase was "unemployed" or "homeless"... homeless he was cause he wanted to rent a flat in the famous  Flat for rent by Lea Goldberg.