Last week I selected pink and yellow collage papers inspired by flowers from my garden. Since this color scheme is lighter than my usual choices, I experimented with some compositional ideas. I wanted to use […]
Pink and Yellow
Autumn is flirting with my part of South Carolina. Summer perennials are going to seed, and leaves are beginning to fall. But the days are still warm, and the late blooming perennials are having a […]
Video Learning
As I mentioned in several recent posts, I’m learning how to make stencils in an online class taught by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. http://balzerdesigns.com/Classroom/ I had several questions from readers about my photos. It was hard […]
10 Year Blogiversary
This week I’m celebrating the 10th anniversary of my weekly blog and newsletter! When I started my blog in 2010, I intended to post once every week. Over the years, I missed a few weeks […]
Stencils, Week 3
This week I’ve continued practicing making stencils with CanvasWorkspace. This design was inspired by Moroccan tiles. I used the basic shapes in the software such as squares and circles to build a block and replicated […]
Stencils, Week 2
I like using stencils in my monoprints to repeat a motif for continuity in a series. But, I want to use my own drawings and designs rather than commercial stencils. A couple of years ago, […]
Learning about Stencils
This week, I’m making stencils to use in printing on the gelli plate. I made three drawings for the light, middle, and dark values and cut them with a cutting machine. I’m able to get […]
Leaves
As we move into September in South Carolina, the weather still feels like summer. But the leaves are showing bits of yellow ochre that hint at the coming of fall.
Beautyberry Quilt
Sometimes I find inspiration in the strangest places. While my art is based on painting and printing, I like to watch and listen to artists who work in other media. This week the following […]
Weedy Garden
As summer heat drags on and days grow shorter, chlorophyl decreases. Warm tones of olive and avocado forecast the coming of autumn. For this piece, I printed ferns and weeds from the garden on […]