[image_with_animation image_url=”6088″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Claire Putney’s layered drawings combine maps, charts, and diagrams with sewing, burning, cut paper, and ink washes.
From what I’ve seen of her work so far, although she and I use different images and mediums, her process appears to be very similar to my own. She has a concept, she finds images to help her talk about that concept, she edits and combines the layers to develop her articulation, and she responds to moments as her purposeful choices invite unexpected effects. Through repeated rounds of plans, expansions and careful editing, her products become beautifully honed, relevant, and thoughtful.
In the fall she returns to teach photography at the community college, but in the summer, she’s our “Alternative Drawing” teacher. We’re lucky to have her.
You all have been drawing so many cats, I figure I might as well make it official. Today, draw a cat. If you don’t have a cat, find an unusual photograph of a cat. If you want to draw a dog instead, draw a dog. To get you off on the right paw, I’m including …
Today is day 28 of our 30 day creative challenge. Fridays are comics day. For today’s comic challenge, you’ll illustrate a quote from a random idea generator. As usual, feel free to draw, paint, print, collage, assemblage, photograph, or build an igloo out of sugar cubes. Here is your quote: Post it Post your work …
In 1918, at the age of 28, Austrian artist Egon Schiele began painting a portrait of his new family. That autumn, Egon, his wife Edith, and their unborn baby died. They were among millions of people who succumbed to the Spanish flu that year. Before his death, Schiele mourned his mentor and friend, the artist …
Humans are wired to see faces, even in inanimate objects. It’s called Pareidolia. Pareidolia is the tendency for seeing faces in inanimate objects like the moon, clouds, ink blots, or abstract patterns. Pareidolia used to be considered a symptom of human psychosis, but it is now seen as a normal human tendency. We are so …
Claire Putney
[image_with_animation image_url=”6088″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Claire Putney’s layered drawings combine maps, charts, and diagrams with sewing, burning, cut paper, and ink washes.
From what I’ve seen of her work so far, although she and I use different images and mediums, her process appears to be very similar to my own. She has a concept, she finds images to help her talk about that concept, she edits and combines the layers to develop her articulation, and she responds to moments as her purposeful choices invite unexpected effects. Through repeated rounds of plans, expansions and careful editing, her products become beautifully honed, relevant, and thoughtful.
In the fall she returns to teach photography at the community college, but in the summer, she’s our “Alternative Drawing” teacher. We’re lucky to have her.
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