I have also been working on a special project that I can't share at this time but will in a few weeks...
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... today, I thought I better post before you all think I went off into la-la land. I have an artist friend taking a class and she was telling me that her assignment was to do an abstract... YIKES was my thought. After so many things going on and no time to paint, I thought, why not try an abstract journal page??? Seriously, why not??? So, for Sunday Sketches I will share my page!!! Thanks to Sophia for hosting... I have learned so much from all the artists' that share their work on her site!!!
Wikipedia says this about abstract art : Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.[1] Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality.
With this in mind, and that I have been doing exercises from some of my art books trying to understand techniques with layering better... I decided to combine some of my practice to this page. So, I have been putting paint to paper for the last few weeks... just doing random exercises from books... I want to get better but don't have a schedule that allows me to take a formal class as I would like. You do what you can and keep moving forward! Not exactly what I invisioned but at least I tried it!
rain on my window |
Just for fun, another look, thanks to Kristin Dudish for sharing dumpr.net
A sneak peek at the paper I am currently working on... I love it!!!
please click to enlarge...it is wonderful to look at and run your hands across its surface!
Happy Easter to everyone - don't eat too many jelly beans!!!
cheers, dana
all work on this site copyrighted dana strickland, sinderella studio designs 2011
18 comments:
Beautiful and captures the rain magically! Also, love the gallery look...very fun! Oh, and the paper too...yummy!
lovely, and yes, I'm eatting jellybeans as I check out sunday sketches!
Your handmade paper is so beautiful. It would make a great background in Photoshop too!
Happy PS
Your sketch is great - I'm especially impressed it made it into a gallery so fast. LOL
Happy Easter to you and your Family
Hugs,
Penny & Sir Knight
Purrs,
Genghis
Perfect painting for all this rain! I hope your son has a wonderful weeding, those 3 weeks will go by quick. Hopefully it'll stop raining soon so you can enjoy your new Harley.
wonderful abstract and cool to hear that you are working on layers and learning. Love your paper too.
Very cool Abstract!
thanks ladies... yes the rain must stop - my son's wedding is outdoors!
wonderful post with incredible art!
I like it and feel it captures the rain in the most incredible way and often what others miss when they don't stop to enjoy a rainy day. Nice job! :)
Happy Easter!
I love your abstract and found this post very interesting. Thanks for that definition. Kristin has the best ideas too.
You are one busy lady! Abstracts can be so fun and its nice to see you start.
LOVE that paper!!
oh what a great piece ...and that paper...wow!!! what texture!!!!
Great abstract! Happy Easter
That paper is so unbelievably cool (I would love to run my hand across it)! I really like the pop of red in your abstract (and it looks great in the gallery! hee hee).
Good luck preparing for your son's wedding!
xo
Kristin
p.s. I can't wait to hear more about your Harley :)
What an abstract- real nice!! It looks fabulous enlarge - so.... :D
Really interesting paper. Is that hair in it? I am wondering what you will be doing with it. Looking forward to seeing the end piece :)
very cool! I like it. Also, love how it looks like you have it hanging in a museum. I have seen kristin do that! so cool. i will have to check it out! xo
yes, I can imagine it art piece in a museum. I like the idea of rain drops falling into raindrops, it's like an endless looping.
have a sweet day.
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