I've been trying to "copy" internet photos/ magazine images of faces I find interesting. So here they are. (I feel I should also show the original picture so as to contrast my versions. But that might take too much scanning in, etc. ) Next up, more sketchbook drawings from the same"series."
I've been having a hard time getting my art on lately. I try to "think" of/try to do a painting on my little tiny canvasses. And nothing seems right. No inspiration. "Likewise" with my art journal. I feel like my inner artistic soul is struggling. Even my garden is in shambles. Haven't weeded it all summer and now it has become all weeds. (But I did post a picture of a bouquet from my garden today on facebook!) Inspired by Peter Ross's fall bouquet on facebook.
After a very long hiatus, I've been trying to "paint on canvas" again. Instead of doing my people portraits or animal paintings I thought I would work in the style of my art journal pages. First of all, I bought very cheap "stretched/primed" canvasses at Michael's. In the outer lobby. Package of 10 so Byron and I could divide it. The canvasses are very rough--not ready for painting at all. The second picture/canvas needs more work. But I think I will just gesso over it and start anew.
I am in the process of making a new art journal. I've cut the pages, made the signatures and punched the holes for sewing. That's the easy part. Now I have to measure and cut the binding, line it up with covers (6x8 canvas boards) glue it down, and either paint or paste down color copies/image for the front and back covers. It never (NEVER!) turns out correctly. Perfectly. I am a sloppy artisan. I have made so many of these art journals and made notes on what to do. It's something about the math/ the measurements that never turn out right. I'm all about the right brain.
