I am really liking "tiny art".
Painting #1 is a 3" x 3" square handmade stretched canvas on board/portrait grade.
Painting #3 is done on 3 small jewelry dominoes and I will be designing a necklace...
Although I am using the same design, but because it is freehanded with nothing but inspiration, they each turn out different...and proves that even an artist can't paint the same way twice unless they are tracing and copying and even then it is a debatable concept. When I took classes I always took a class where I could learn a new technique, use a new brush, etc. If I didn't like a color I changed it in my design.... I was always trying to find my own way when anothers' didn't work for me....and there were no suggestions of different brush, different size brush, etc. I found my own way to hold the brush to have more control over what I wanted that brush to do.....how I loaded or didn't "load" the brush with paint..... and everyones "Touch" is different, unique and so will be their art.....the same but different as they take on their own style...find their own way. Tweeking when playing and finding things that work....or don't work.
I love waterfalls, foliage, water, trees and limbs, splashes, sparkle and enjoying the fun that is found in painting....but in reality in every type of creative art.
Right now in my studio, I have about 4 paintings I am "in process" with, an alcohol ink project to play with, some lightweight concrete clay for a necklace using one of the hieroglyphic stamps I sell,
about 5 necklaces in baggies with the focal and accessory beads (gemstone pieces), the serenity falls necklace, a concrete stepping stone, some of my orgonite creations..... Art moves in stages for me....sometimes I can finish something quickly and other projects take more time, thought process, playing, tweeking, etc. but that is enjoyable to me also.... I also find that one project can lead to another which leads to another which leads to another.... a design progression..some off shoots from the same limb....of the same tree.... I love having colors work.....or an effect achieved.....and I always give thanks where thanks is do...
I enjoy working the same design in different sizes.... and many times I play with different colors to get something that is pleasing....... and other times, as I have done with these two pieces; I keep the same colors because I like the results.....
Enjoy Serenity Falls...........
Today was a really fun day. I am having new carpeting laid in my living and dining room and down the hallway so everything is a MESS....and nothing I can do....sooooo....a good excuse to retire to my studio and PLAY..... I made 7 pieces of jewelry....have about that many more laid out in design to do tomorrow (one more day till carpeting will be in and done). I had a vintage heat stove that had my husbands name on it Lawrence so I did a bronze rub on the the name and 2 flower motifs on 2 other sides and what a difference this made....in a positive way. Thinking about what my next painting will be. Thinking about the book I am reading, working on my aura, cleaning it and ridding it of of negative energy, journaling strange, bizarre and unusual significant happenings....the enjoyment of a friend stopping in to chat for awhile and drink a glass of wine.... a contentment with the order which is appearing in my studio room along with a comfort that I have there.....it feels good there... I am excited to have my work station done, and in, and then I can finish up .... at a bit of a standstill and allowing myself to take the time to play. I also worked on a clay spirit doll using some rubber stamps and did some color buffings. I need to get to an area in my studio I can't get to to get some charms to finish the piece and consider it "done". Looking forward to a bbq at our daughters' on Sunday or Monday to celebrate the beginning of Bends Summer events..... ..... deviled eggs to make and maybe a cake with homemade brown sugar frosting....
