Oh sure, I finally pop in to say ' hi ', and what do I do? Moon you!
I've been dreaming up some ideas for the Tinsel and Treasures Show coming up September 12th. There will be 15 artists this year- details coming really soon! I borrowed from my crescent moon pieces I've collected over the years for inspiration to spark some creativity.
Wonderful shapes and images, these moons.
Castle Drawing 1973.
For more inspiration I went back into time. Talk about 'old school'! I started drawing using a method I loved back in high school. (Original post about my drawings here.) This method is called Pointillism - tiny, tiny, dots but using pen and ink instead of paint.These are some of my drawings from back then.
Seashells 1973
Girl Reaching 1973
This one had watercolor, too.
Foxtails 1972
One of the reasons I started drawing again is because of time. Or lack thereof. I'm pretty much full time at our office, and then on the weekends, I've really been concentrating on organizing, etc. So many things needed (and still do!) my attention. I'm getting there. Anyway...
Where was I? Oh yeah, no time. Okay. This is my huge desk calendar at work that I use as a note pad, calculator...you name it. But not as a calendar, of course. I started bringing my pen and ink and paper with me in case I had a bit of extra time.
Always a battle between the ballpoint pen and the cool pen.
The struggle between work and art.
So this is what I've been drawing. Can you tell it's all little points!!??
I gotta tell you, you need to concentrate when drawing with this method. I don't sketch it out ahead of time, I just start 'dotting'. You would think it would be stressful but I find the opposite to be true.
I also brought in my workbook from the calligraphy workshop I took at Castle in the Air taught by Bill Kemp in November 2007.(Bill is teaching again August 1st) Original post here. Unknowingly, Ulla had signed up for the same class! Ulla's post about the class here.
Here are a couple of my practice sheets from that day. We had to practice all of the letters so when it came to the letter "U", Ulla was my muse. This style is called Spencerian and it's pretty straight forward. I thought I would try to put my own spin on it using the same pointillism method.
Amazing how it looks so different when adding the dots/points. I'm liking the results.
Little Moon Cherub~
This great piece on the left inspired the moon-man parade stick on the right. I think the scepters I make have a new future!
Loved the idea of the arrow with the moon so that led to this.
Which led to this.
And this.
Revisiting this.
And, well you get the "point"!
See you on the other side of the moon!!
