[image_with_animation image_url=”11190″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sun Days was a collection of four paintings started by Anne McGurk. I added to the collection, so here now is 20. Ha. I had hoped to also add a poem, but after reading about suns and moons and how womens’ eyes and bosoms sparkle, or nature this and birdies that, or the end of the world and politicians and all red burning armageddon (seemed the most fitting for the times, but by fitting I mean you’d all be in fits from reading it), I decided against a poem. If someone knows a good one, send it, but it better have no burnings, birdies, or bosoms.
Left: A drawing by Jennifer Ament, spotted at the Seattle Art Fair. I feel she knows me.
Enjoy the paintings.
” load_in_animation=”none …The woman, she was fine. She stood up and was quite glorious.
Today’s challenge is to draw using a disposable fork. This may at first seem odd and awkward, but if you think about it, a fork offers instant parallel crosshatch marks, saving you the time and trouble of drawing each line individually! Efficient. For this exercise, I recommend you avoid relying on outlines to describe the …
[image_with_animation image_url=”11536″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sacred Shapes – Accordion Book Yesterday I posted Ralph Kiggell’s Temple Dogs series of woodblock prints, and quoted excerpts from his blog that described his process. Today I’m sharing his Sacred Shapes series of 12 woodblocks. They also have a simple concept, repeated in iterations, in which the subject is …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! In previous V. Notes, I’ve posted work by our sumi instructor Angie Dixon, Huang Yongyu, Pan Gongkai, and stuff you didn’t know about sumi. Today I wanted to broaden my view of sumi painting. I wanted to see more works that are being created in the medium today. …
Dawn is here, and I count 135 artwork submissions for our 3rd Annual Big League Art Show! Paintings, mixed media, collage, photography, vitreography, monotypes, woodblocks, drawings, and more. We’re a diverse group! Join us for the Big League show reception May 4, 12:00-6:00 – with Inscape’s Open House Artwork on display May & June Leaguers …
Sun Days
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Sun Days was a collection of four paintings started by Anne McGurk. I added to the collection, so here now is 20. Ha. I had hoped to also add a poem, but after reading about suns and moons and how womens’ eyes and bosoms sparkle, or nature this and birdies that, or the end of the world and politicians and all red burning armageddon (seemed the most fitting for the times, but by fitting I mean you’d all be in fits from reading it), I decided against a poem. If someone knows a good one, send it, but it better have no burnings, birdies, or bosoms.
Left: A drawing by Jennifer Ament, spotted at the Seattle Art Fair. I feel she knows me.
Enjoy the paintings.
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