Saturday, November 14, 2020

Stream of Consciousness

  Creativity means thinking on your feet, making adjustments and sorties as you go along, advancing commitment as well as erasure. Unless you express your wishes, however modestly or timidly, you may never know your power. Your general overall theme may be audacious, even simply audacious, but it is the final, well-planned flourishes that will help your work to fly.  Robert Genn


 Sometimes I feel as if I am on some roller-coaster ride! Sometimes high and then very low, nothing in between. Although I made some starts, really haven't been able to push myself to move some further. I have even placed most face to the wall. Now really, Carol, what's the point! I wake up with lots of good intentions, but then find one and million things to do instead. 

I bought a new book to help me get over myself. The Artist's Journey: Bold Strokes To Spark Creativity. By Nancy Hillis. Her process is intuitive, much like John Fullerton. She talks a lot about "The stream of Consciousness, "  creating art in a state where you try to remove all traces of deliberate steering of the creative process.

Stage I

Stage II
Acrylic paint

Stage III
Added tone


At this stage I have removed the papers and see if there are some I want to move forward with.








 

Monday, October 19, 2020

Just Some more Intuitive Sketches

 

Have really lost track of what I have shown here. I have been publishing mostly on Instagram.  So here are a few since my last post " A Bit Fishy" 

I still have a lot to learn with these exercises. One, best to work on light paper. Tried a few with a brown paper and found it difficult to get what I wanted. Lots to learn about simplicity of shapes and colors. What to leave and what to take away. That's all part of the process. I love process! 

These are not in any special order!

Hey! Haven't you heard about Social Distancing! 
Intuitive sketch 5"x 7" Small Spiral Watercolor Pad
 Watercolor + gouache


Chagall animal dreams!(I wish)
 Intuitive sketch 4"x 5" Small Spiral Watercolor Pad
 Watercolor + gouache

Fall Melody 
Intuitive sketch 5"x 7" Small Spiral Watercolor Pad
 Pen +Watercolor + gouache


Lots of Goodies
 Intuitive sketch 8"x 8" FSC Organic paper 350gm
 Pen, Watercolor, gouache, charcoal pencil, ink intense pencils
On Dark Paper

Hidden Cities WIP 
Intuitive sketch 8"x 8" FSC Organic paper 350gm 
Pen +Watercolor + gouache
Dark paper with clear gesso

Oranges and Lemons Abstract Still-life
Intuitive sketch 5"x 7" Small Spiral Watercolor Pad
 Pen + Watercolor + Gouache

Silly Pooh! Christopher isn't under there!
 Intuitive sketch 5"x 7" Small Spiral Watercolor Pad
Pen + Watercolor + gouache

Watching Over You
 Intuitive sketch 5"x 7" Small Spiral Watercolor Pad 
Pen, Watercolor + gouache

Not going to bother you with all the thoughts running through my head. Difficult to get that awful critic out of my studio!


Thursday, October 1, 2020

Love for Carmine and Turquoise

 With a few new cut canvas pieces from my friend Traudi. Back to oils and prompts!


Hidden Face. Adorned with happy flowers!
Oils on Cut Canvas
10.5" x 15" 

Traveling. Through Floating Galaxies and Stars
Oils on Cut Canvas
10.5" x 15"