Last weekend I just couldn’t get my week in review posted, so this week I’ve combined the two weeks. I worked on a small accordion book, puttered around with some recycled box panels and worked in my tiny sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project.
I’ll start with the accordion book. I had signed up for Kasia Avery’s (Everything Art / Wanderlust) free three-day “Colour Confidence” class. I watched the videos and played around with some of the ideas - these are NOT done. But, I used the scraps from the pages I cut for that challenge to make a 13-panel accordion book. So what you’re seeing here is side 1. As you can see I started each page with some collages papers - maps etc. I’ve used acrylics, pens, graphite and watercolour crayons on pretty much all of the pages.
Next up are a few more pages in my tiny sketchbook I’m working on for The Sketchbook Project. I had prepped each page with some collaged papers and then completed these in my hotel room while on a quick business trip last week. It’s the perfect size to travel with and I’m sure I’ll be taking it with me on vacation this coming week.
When I got home I decided I wanted to “putter” which to me means playing around with no agenda - usually (and in this case) on recycled materials. That way if I completely hate it I can just recycle it. These will likely get mounted onto card blanks - I actually love them!
Last, but certainly not least, I was delighted to learn that one of the paintings I submitted for the juried Sidney Fine Arts Show was accepted. I am sure I’ve showed this here before - the title is Moderna, it’s 36” square on canvas and framed. The show is in October. Here is a pic of the three paintings I entered into the show, all in the same theme. The centre one was accepted, and the other two weren’t. I understand that they received over 1,100 entries and 380 were accepted so I’m quite happy to be included.
Thanks so much for joining me today.
