Oct 27
I took a workshop with Laurie Mika, an artist I admire who works primarily with polymer clay. There were other of her workshops I wanted to take more, but time and money made them unfeasible, so I took the one about painting on clay. The techniques themselves were pretty simple and straighforward. I learned the …
Sep 29
I made this book at Art Unraveled, at the eponymous workshop ‘Bird on Wheels’. It was more of assemblage than the kind of mixed media that I like, but it was one of the few evening 3-hour class offerings I could fit into my schedule. The teacher directed people to make a pinkish beige …
Aug 25
After I spent all that time painting the Adele Bauer-Bloch II project, I felt inspired by Klimt. I loved his gold upon gold layering, the bright colors, and especially the repeated patterns. Something made me think of peacocks, and peacock-inspired patterns. The eye shape of a peacock’s tail is very distinctive. The way it …
Jun 26
I decided that since in theory someone may actually want to keep this painting when it’s done, I should make the face look like the real face and not like my placeholder. So I painted it white and started over. I also fixed the hands, which were missing some fingers. I had done a …
Jun 23
I included the original again for comparison. By the way, this is only a piece of the original. I cropped it to fit, because I wanted the head to be the same size as my head, for reasons I will explain later. It’s a shame, becuase you miss out on the beautiful green part, …
