Palettes
February 21, 2012
I still have not created art this year. I intend to do so… and I don’t have a good excuse, but I do have many excuses. Anyway, I have been reading about limited palettes (Anders Zorn is famous for using the following colours only: Yellow Ochre, Vermillion, White and Black… sometimes Cobalt Blue) and will begin creating palette swatches. This is something that I have not worked on extensively yet and I am thinking that perhaps I should.
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Decidedness
December 30, 2011
Yesterday I installed a website blocker for my browser (yes, distractions are that bad for me that I have to do this). Instead of wasting time on Facebook and Reddit, here I am making a blog post. At least making a post on my website is more related to what I do (being an artist and art supplies store owner) than surfing the web is. So, last night I went through my previous posts just to remind myself of what steps I need to take in order to get “back on track” and I discovered that I talked about sketching more. Last night I doodled a bit… here’s what came of it.
Nothing major, but I did get to play with a Pentel Pocket Brush Pen in a Pentalic Traveler’s Sketchbook that was given to me by my rep. I must say… I need to carry these sketchbooks in the shop! Lovely cream paper that is not too thick and not too thin. The only downside to the paper is that you can’t draw on the backside if you have used markers or pens. Not a big deal… I sort of don’t like doodling on the back of pages (OCD? Maybe).
For those of you who do not want to dish out cash on a Moleskine notebook, the Pentalic Travler’s Sketchbook is not a bad substitute. It isn’t hardcover, though… but it is soft and therefore can be folded over while sketching.
Pentalic 6×8 Recycled Traveler’s Sketchbook – $7.95
Pentel Pocket Brush Pen with 4 cartridges – $19.95
Faber Castell Pitt Pens (Assorted colours & tips) – $2.75 each
You can purchase the products pictured above at my art supplies store, Sketch Art Supplies (Calgary, AB Canada). Hey, nothing wrong with plugging my shop right? Gal’s gotta make a living.
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A glimmer, a spark…
December 23, 2011
I am frantically finishing up a last minute framing job for a customer while simultaneously wracking my brain as to what on Earth I am going to paint (Christmas gift) for my sister in law. As I am running back and forth from the frame shop to the studio room, a thought occurs to me… why am I thinking about creating a realistically painted acrylic piece when I should be focusing on what I will enjoy creating? I always start my works with charcoal… and some of my works are just charcoal with nothing else on them, except for gesso, acrylic medium and fixatif to hold it all down. So… that is what I shall do.. a charcoal piece, in the vein of my “Venus & Litter” diptych from 2006.
Merry Winter Holidays and all that jazz to anyone reading my thoughts out there in Internetland.
