Another White Day

It has been snowing here almost every day for a few weeks and getting very boring. I seem to gravitate to bright colours even more than usual at these times.

I have just completed (I think) two collages using papers I have made myself. The first one I had posted already but I have made a few changes and will enhance the line work at the bottom once I get some more black liquid acrylic.

It's been fun to do - I love playing with ripping up paper! There's nothing better for loosening up!

This weekend I am attending a workshop on composition and design so next week should bring some new thoughts into play!

Back in the Saddle Again

I have neglected my little blog lately for many reasons, but the important one is that I am ready to start creating again!

Sometimes disappointments get the better of me and I become unable to focus for a while. That's enough whining for now.

I am interested in painting and collaging on canvas in order to create larger works and also to get away from the framing (the time involved and the cost). I have always been a paper artist, using pen and ink, pastel, watercolour and collage and am having an extreme amount of difficulty making anything half decent with paint and brush!

Recently I spent weeks working on a 24" x 36" canvas going over and over with paint, all the while just getting more and more frustrated. The final straw saw me in my pj's at 5:30 a.m. removing all the staples and rolling the canvas up and putting it out for garbage pick-up!

After that fiasco, I went back to playing with paper, staining, stamping and then making a small collage (10" x 14" on matcard). I am relatively pleased with the results and will make a few more.

The next step is to try to duplicate the method on canvas and use papers and paint.

I'm hoping I am pointed in the right direction - time will tell!