Practice and Rework

REWORK POST (7/12/2022):

I've modified yesterday's painted sketch to add to the perception that the time of day is sunset. Specifically, the sky and foreground road colors have been darkened. As a viewer, does it better convey to you that the sun is setting?

ORIGINAL POST (7/11/2022):

Today's practice effort is based on a photograph of an area in Florence. I've sketched it with a black Pentel PointLiner (0.3 mm) on a watercolor paper substrate (95 lb.). Japanese watercolors were used to paint it in.

I'm really liking the result. It's not meant to be perfect. Rather, it's meant to capture a moment and feeling.

What I liked most was the freedom of moving the pen quickly and making boxes that were wonky instead of square, playing with vanishing lines, depiction of architectural details without being architectural, the bicycle wheel spokes and the lines making up the figure and that make it come to life. This was actually fun to see develop and to try things I've never done before. It is probably one of the best 'play' pieces I've done--because I was truly playing. Yay for me!

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Visiting The Hague and Amsterdam (Netherlands), and Paris!

Since late March, I've been planning an international solo trip that included meeting up with friends. The planning is what makes a trip an adventure, and it was definitely fabulous -- now that it is in the rearview mirror -- so to speak. During my two weeks abroad, the sights visited included the: Mauritshuis, a lovely art museum (The Hague, Netherlands) Binnenhof (The Hague, Netherlands) Delft (Netherlands) Kasteel de Haar, a castle (Haarzuilens, Netherlands) Museum Speelklok (Utrecht, Netherlands) Walking Tour of Amsterdam (Netherlands) Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Dutch Resistance Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) De Oude and Nieuwe Kerks aka old and new churches (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Sainte Chapelle/Conciergerie (Paris, France) Giverny - Monet's residence at one time (outside Paris) Versailles (outside Paris) Musee d'Orsay/VR Event titled 1874 Impressionists First Exhibition...

New Project in Progress

I'm working on a new project with multiple layers and shapes of different colored organzas. It is an interpretation of lighting on an ice rink...from a show I recently saw. There is a lot more stitching to do, but I like how its coming along. I'm learning organzas are not easy to work with especially when you layer them and have overlaid edges. The fabric also tends to ravel easily. This post also linked to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com .

Fabric Basket - Pretty Easy

This basket was made in Jane Hall's half-day course at IQF 2014. The greatest amount of time involved in making it--was cutting and sewing the strips together. Otherwise, it went together easily and quickly (3 hours). These baskets are a great holiday gifting idea that you can match to family and friends' home decoration color schemes. They're fun and useful besides.

Cay Denise

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