Last weekend I talked about how I wanted to get back into making a small, 6" x 6" artwork/collage a day. Well, I forgot all about that claim until Tuesday! I was at school when I remembered, so I grabbed a couple of old National Geographic magazines and started cutting out a few images that simply struck me as interesting. When I got home that afternoon, I put together this collage, "Play With Me". It shows my strong inclination towards circular objects.
I managed to make 4 more collages during this past week, just missing one more day in there. This one I made on the 27th. It is titled "It's a Balancing Act". All of these images came from those older National Geographic magazines.
On Friday I made this collage, "Playful Times". I tore up some magazine pieces and attached the strips of written words to the board first. Next came the images and the punched out flower pieces at the bottom.
Yesterday I started with a recycled acrylic painting that I had previously cut into 6" squares. I looked through my boxes of stuff and put together this collage, "Broken Hearts". I like to include old music sheets and old stamps whenever possible; they both worked here. My sister, Janis, said she liked this one, it was her birthday month.
Today I put together "Who's Watching". It consists of mostly paper on board with 2 small brads attached near the bottom. I enjoyed working with non-related images that could be pulled in and forced to work together.
As for the rest of my artwork, I did put another coat of gesso on the front and the back of my plywood that I am prepping for a painting. I also collaged papers into my collage book so that I could do the next page. I might try to include mom and dad on this page, I just need to decide if it will work for me. This is something that I should be able to accomplish during the week. I haven't worked on the portrait of Jetta in weeks, maybe next weekend....
Yesterday I spent the afternoon taking a life drawing class at a gallery on Central & Dunlap, which isn't too far from where I live. There were only 5 of us there drawing. The model was great but I don't know how she stayed warm; I was freezing. I wore a short sleeve shirt and the heater in the building wasn't working. Between poses, I would step outside to try and warm up. I didn't create anything that I was particularly thrilled with, I will blame that on the cold! It was just nice to be drawing from a live model again. The image to the right shows a series of poses, the first was 5 minute pose, then a 10 minute pose, then a 15 minute pose. The proportions were off, until the final pose I got it to click a little better. These were all done in graphite pencil on Bristol board.
The weekend is coming to an end. My Aunt Dolores is coming over for dinner (brats & salad) and to watch the Suns play on TV. I did weigh in at Weight Watchers this morning and managed to lose 3.6 pounds this past week. I will continue tracking what I eat and try to include more exercise this week.
Until next time, take care.
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