Odds and ends

I made the quilt that is pictured below, to be auctioned at a fundraiser for a soccer club. Yes, someone won the quilt, but the winning bid barely covered my costs. It may be a while before I consider making another one. Oh well, that happens.

Since is was intrigued by the design, I used it on an 8" x 8" dot piece. I continue to learn about using the dots as the best certainly background colors work better an others. The learning continues.

Yes, I continue to go to the figure drawing sessions. Someone suggested contrast so I added the yellow. OK, sometimes I get carried away.

The more I do art, the more I seem to "need" to immerse myself in the process. This feeling may be the same for you!

New direction

I've gone in a new direction. Not sure how long this interest will last, but I'm enjoying "the now". I'm using acrylic and puff paint. OK, not the medium of the great masters, but it works for me.

 

 

The blue piece is 10x10. I painted the board four times, drew a grid, used a template for the circles and then added the dots. 

The other piece, which is beige (14x14), required taping and drawing the cross and the square on point. I did end up needing a compass for the larger circles. I am learning so much. I really don't use acrylics so finding out that you need more than a 1/8th inch amount of paint on the brush is the first step. Also, one needs to work from the center out. So it is wise to have the design pretty thought out.

Last of the exercises

This is the last exercise in the dot study. Interesting how easy it is to create shadow or depth. Hopefully this study will help me with my "regular" sketching. Finishing this page helped me settle a bit after a fight with my new Adobe Elements program and Kodak Gallery. I can only take technical challenges for so long, then I just walk away. Peace with a pen and some paper.