Midsummer Green
Midsummer in South Carolina is all about green. Even though the weather is hot and dry, the native vegetation remains green, if a bit dusty and wilted. Spring flowers fade…
Keep Going
“The world is crazy. Creative work is hard. How do you keep going?” – Austin Kleon I’m considering this question as I work in my studio these days. I’m reading Austin…
Small Palmettos
This week I’m reworking small 7x5” monotypes of palmetto trees by mounting them on panels. The sabal palmetto is the state tree of South Carolina and often appears in my…
Starting Is Fast; Finishing Is Slow
Last fall, I was invited to paint during a corporate event at Columbia Museum of Art. If you missed the original post, you can read about here. Painting at CMA…
Mounting on Cradled Panels
This week I’m still focusing on finishing some of my works on paper. I mounted three 12x12 inch pieces on cradled panels. I wanted to mount some of my 9x9…
Is It Finished?
Summer Garden #1 Monoprint on cradled panel 12x12 inches ©2020 Lucinda Howe In the past few weeks, I’ve been making artwork on paper. I’m satisfied with the images, and I’ve…
Practicing
This week I’m journaling about coneflower shapes and practicing gelli plate printing. I’m incorporating stone wall shapes into the prints to ground the floating flower shapes. I’m also experimenting with…
Learning about Coneflowers
It’s coneflower season! My favorite flowers are in bloom. I like the “badminton birdie” shape of the flowers and the loose tangled look of the foliage. As I’ve used coneflowers…
Spring Garden #7
After listening to my art friends on Zoom talk about drawing and using other papers for printing, I did something a little different this week. I made some prints of…
Spring Garden #6
This week I made prints from fresh leaves and spring colors. Combining new prints with ones from past sessions reflects the growth in the garden and gives continuity to this…