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Variations on a Theme
Monday, November 8, 2010
Pink Swirls
Music Inspires Art Mechanically:
But the hand moves things around:
Starting a new rhythm:
Feeling the rhythm over and over:
Friday, April 23, 2010
Smoke Rings
wallpaper
frames
blackened
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Draw an Oval and fill it in
Eggs
Monday, March 15, 2010
Greening
Spring returns and with it the colors of nature turned to green hues refresh the landscape. So look for a landscape to emerge.
Buds appear among the tendrils.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Hearts
Edges or forms? Ground or figure?
Line and space can be real or implied.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Start Fresh
Start fresh with an old theme and add some new colors.
Then add some
red
strength and let the orbs float in and out.
See where it goes if you let it grow. Can you mark the way it stretched?
A triangle
!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Betty
Peacock blue or periwinkles floating?
Just a little inversion, to make a new version.
A new constellation or an abstract signification?
Mesmerized by the eyes . . .
It becomes Betty.
The picture I make is not the picture I take.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Photograph a watercolor painting, and then stretch reverse and play with the colors. What can happen to the image?
Maybe this will happen . . .
Let this design evolve and see what emerges
Among the lilies:
Spot the red wing blackbird ?
Monday, January 4, 2010
Start with a basic abstract design. Change it a little each time. Where will the theme come from? Where will the variations lead?
It becomes this:
Then this:
What next?
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Start Fresh
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Photograph a watercolor painting, and then stretch...
Start with a basic abstract design. Change it a...
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