today we're off to Joburg
to watch the Red Hot Chili Peppers
live
for the very first time in South Africa
we couldn't miss that!
photo via
Learning...
this week in Face to Face
with Misty Mawn
we are using pastels.
a completely new experience for me.
i'm not sure i like the dryness of it
but i'm enjoying building up layers and seeing the different tones
unfolding.
unlike paint, the pastels cannot be mixed prior to being put on the surface
so it's a case of applying, blending, applying blending...
here is a peep at one of my work in progress:
learning
;)
Fearless
the block of the blank canvas...
Misty Mawn is teaching us to be fearless.
in the way we work, in the way we start and finish our work;
in the way we try and fail and discover and succeed.
by doing things we don't normally like
by adding colors
by taking it a few steps further.
by trying something new
(new backgrounds)
learning...
Perfume
i wish i could infuse these photographs with
the exquisite, intoxicating, delicate perfume
of these Acacia flowers.
a feast for the senses...
Light and shadows
"I see only forms that are lit up and forms that are not.
There is only light and shadows." - Francisco Goya
via Vivre, photographer unknown
by Freeke Bekaert
Split personality?
at the moment i've got three online
classes overlapping!?!
and it's making me feel like i have
a split personality...maybe even a few ;)
in yesterday's post
i was showing you the funny creatures
i'm drawing as part of Draw!
then i've got the Giraffes going
and now Face to Face by Misty Mawn
has started and i'm drawing these
sad, emotional faces...
the truth: i am loving it all!
the variety, the fun, the sad,
the challenges, the failures, the learning,
the charcoal, the different techniques and subjects...
split personalities? YES!
is anything else getting done? NO!
Funny creatures
i'm drawing weird and wonderful creatures
as part of Carla Sonheim's Draw! online class:
Scribbly Pax
meet my Rhinograffe:
Hippocampe and "Picasso" Dog:
Warthog?
