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I'm a freak for patterns.Middle of the book, that's why there is a black thread in the middle.
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you should've used letters instead of circles...awesome job thu.
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I like the contrast between the softness of the shading for her face and collar and her hair. Very cool.
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The pattern makes a wonderful surreal feel for the portrait. I like that it is the middle with the black threads. It adds to the tactile sensation of looking at a well loved book, that has had a heart poured into it.
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I must have been here at least 4 times to respond. I was popping in, and then I would start looking again at your gallery, get distracted...wander away.
I have to walk throught the house repeating to myself, "pencil, pencil..." if I am looking for one. Or I will start a dozen new projects and forget all about the pencil.
Isn't it wonderful to be artistic, and just a little A.D.D.
what-what
Then, settling in on art suddenly makes the whole world go away.
I was so inspired I finally broke down and
... bought a soft cover, 192 page MOLESKINE.
You are gifted.
I love looking at what you've created and shared here. They are simple, and yet not at all.
That is a special genuis.
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I have ADD myself. I think that is why I have 4 or 5 sketchbooks going at once. I start to get bored with one and work with another. I'm glad that you bought a moleskine. It will change your artistic life, or I hope so. Maybe thats a little too much to say about a little yellow book. Once you start drawing in it you should join the group I am in, Moleskine-is-love. It's a great group that I am a contributor too.
I wouldn't say I'm a genius. That's a little much to me. I just like drawing. I guess I have a knack for it. But thank you. You are very kind.
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OK. I will down-grade you to having a highly creative, non-imitative spark.
I think I found you in the the group you refer to. I am currently watching the group, because I have no Moleskine work in my gallery.
I hope it will change my artistic life. I am going to focus this month on art for a big art event in my town. Each October we have a large scale fund raiser for Breast Cancer. I am a survivor who became an artist because of the radiology report that once told me I was dying of cancer. The prediction proved to be mistaken, as I am now long past my "expiration date."
I am toying with the idea of doing some journal work tied in to that, and then somehow using it. Maybe in a multi-media art piece. I have to give it to them no later than July 1.
[The money from the art goes to a fund to help cancer patients here with their expenses].
Multi-media is another new area for me. For over 5 years, I refused to allow myself to use any medium other than watercolor.
I had to give in and allow pencil when I had an exhibit due, and was too sick to work with my watercolors. I picked up a piece of typewriter paper and a plain pencil. In my gallery that work is called "Pencil Becomes Her"...
I loved the black and white so much, I went the next day to an art supply store. I have NO training and I didn't even notice I had picked up charcoal and a graphite set. So my next work was "Black Liquid Ice" which was my first charcoal. I enjoyed them so much, I am hopeful this will translate into a positive experience with the Moleskine.
The paper is so thin. I don't understand how people get the rich black ink backgrounds, and painted pages. Doesn't it bleed through? Did I buy the wrong kind? Is there a journal with thicker paper, or different properties? I have 2 other journals now, with competely different kinds of paper. I didn't think I would be allowed to enter those in the Moleskine groups.
I was thinking of doing collage on alternating pages, to cover any bleed through.
Sorry if this is too long for you. You can let me know if you prefer to be kept more on a "shout" type message interaction. I am fine with that. I realize it is necessary to put some sort of boundaries on dA time, or no time is left for creating new art.
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Some heavy inks will bleed through, like marker, but acrylic shouldnt. I have been using the cheaper moleskine journals that are called Cahier. They have thin pages. The classic Moleskine has thick papers, like cardstock. But, Moleskine has watercolor journals as well. Which I might invest in next time. I like thick papers too.
I don't see how you could go right into watercolor and not pencil first. The fundamentals of art begin with pencil and charcoal. It's very hard to just start painting first.
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I should explain. I meant as a finished piece, all pencil came later.
Yes, I begin with a very light drawing of the most basic simple shapes. Get my composition placed the way I want. Maybe I should scan the next one in steps. I know I would find that interesting to watch the process of someone else.
But this also is at the heart of why I need the change I hope drawing in a journal would bring. I am SO uptight doing a watercolor this way. I forget to breath. Do you know what a stitch in your side is? It most frequently happens, a pain in your side, if you run a longer distance than your body is comfortable with. It is a diaphragm cramp.
I may be the only person on the planet who can make painting a strenuous sport. I sometimes get those cramps when I am working. Holding my breath, crunching down, whatever causes it, I know I am tense while painting.
I most often jump in and do all things backwards. When I paint "live" in a restaurant here in town, other artists frequently challenge that they are not watercolor, until I let them look at the back or closely, at my originals. I had almost no training, so I've made up everything I do by intuition. I don't really know what it is I do, can't predict what will happen or explain what I did afterwards.
After the initial idea is on paper, with drawing, I start to relax. I hope that will be my experience with the journal. It becomes fun as it gets sharper, and I can see the depth grow. But, I want to do more creative, semi-realistic, even abstract. I want to work at something other than a painstaking detailed rendition of exactly what is see. I became trained to do this, because I began doing portrait commissions very soon after my art got "out there".
That was what I like so much about your work. You have that spark I refer to. It seems to happen for me with color. The only time with a pencil, it came out in my "One Is the Loneliest Number" drawing.
Whatever, I hope I can get to it soon.
Do you order journals on line? I bought my new one in a book store [Barnes & Noble] and they had only the thin paper kind. Many sizes, sketch, lined, grid, but one weight for paper.
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You can't be so analytical. It hurts art. Art is supposed to be a reflection of you and how you feel or what you like. You have to be loose with it. If you are getting physically strained, then I would just stop. Take a few breaths and then just scribble on a piece of paper. Stop caring. Who cares you know? I don't care about my art one bit, except that it makes me happy. If it makes others happy then fine. But as long as I'm happy and having fun then I don't care. It's my passion. I'm not "out there" at all. I wouldn't mind being so, but I don't actively seek being exposed in galleries or anything.
I bought my books at a dick blick store. But my barnes and noble had the books I was talking about. They aren't soft covered. They should be hard covered.
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Thank you for info, and advice. I should save this note. I know what you are saying. My art is a reflection of me, and this tightness is what I am gradually emerging from. I know it is unhealthy.
My essence does slip into my art, no matter what. I find that fascinating.
I believe God is lifting that fearfulness, and people-pleasing core. I can't wait, actually, to see how that affects my art. Detach, take a breath, relax, breathe...look around, be thankful, and ENJOY...
I've made much progress and more to come, I am confident.
I appreciate you taking time to share your thoughts.
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