Colors and Lines, Circles
I just love this one! I guess I’m supposed to say that about all of them, but I really like this one. I used several layers of paint so that the colors have a lot of depth. The ink has made such interesting shapes; the whole thing is very satisfying. This is again 12×12 inches [...]
Colors and Lines, Green
See the previous “Colors and Lines” post for the backstory here. This one is painted in cool shades of green, with bits of red, yellow, white, and pink. The black form was made by dropping India Ink on the paper and blowing through a drinking straw to push the ink around. It’s formed these wonderful [...]
Colors and Lines
Recently, I was doing some collages and wanted a way to add a fine dark line element to them. Something that looked like it was drawn but not so…controlled…as a line drawn with graphite or pen. So, being a former seamstress, I fired up the old sewing machines and ran some free-form lines of stitching [...]
On The Horizon
Most of the time, when I start a new piece, I have maybe an idea for a starting point – a color or technique – but it’s usually fairly vague. I enjoy the exploratory process of creating an artwork. Only once in a while do I know exactly how I want the finished piece to [...]
