Wet Canvas Basic 102 Class 2: Creativity
This Wet Canvas exercise in creativity encourages the artist to move from realistic to abstract in a series of 4 sketches. I did it earlier this year using an image of household scissors. This time I sketched a small art piece of seagulls that my now-grown children gave me on Mother's Day when they were children. It now "lives" in the center of a round table in my office at work. Each of these sketches were done quickly in my office because my day was full and I needed to do my "sketch-a-day" at work instead of at home in the evening. Sketches 2-4 were done in a Moleskine watercolor journal with a Zig Millenium pen and Winsor-Newton tube paints in 3 colors (yellow ochre pale, Payn'es gray, and burnt sienna).
Comments
LOVELY, Shirley!!! I'm especially fond of the colors you've chosen for this beautiful work!
Posted by: lin | September 3, 2006 8:29 AM
I do not remember seeing these on the Classroom thread. You did a great job with the Lesson. I found that lesson to be one of the most exciting, even though due to time constraints I didn't finish yet. I think it gave a whole new way to see, and made people get away from the photo mode, which is so common on WC.
Posted by: Robin N | September 3, 2006 11:01 AM
Shirley, this is just brilliant! I love the whole process and can see just how you got there. Gosh, I am going to have to look at WC now.
Posted by: TeriC | September 3, 2006 2:51 PM
These are interesting...especially seeing the process. I'm so clueless about abstract but this helps me understand how artists get there. Nice work!
Posted by: Jana Bouc | September 3, 2006 8:47 PM
GORGEOUS evolution from literal to abstract, Shirley.
Posted by: wagonized | September 3, 2006 10:10 PM
What an interesting exercise - it opens so many creative possibilities!
Posted by: Karen Winters | September 11, 2006 11:44 AM