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I am still on my raindrops kick. One of my favorite summer activities is to walk in the rain- it feels so freeing to not care if I get wet AND step in all the puddles. It’s getting cold here so I’ll have to create that feeling in my art because I don’t get excited about walking in freezing rain…
Started with paint and added modeling paste for a gentle texture.
The silhouette is added with plain old blue paint. Later I smudged some Portfolio crayons on her – she was just to stark with paint only.
The raindrops were made from a piece of fabric I stenciled while at Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s class in NYC.
I stitched batting between the stenciled fabric and a piece of scrap on the back.
I needed this reminder today. It is so easy to get lost in my head and lose perspective. Thanks to Art Every Day Month I found the message I needed today!
As I wished my darling teenage daughter goodnight, I stepped into the PIT. Her room has clothes strewn all over the floor. I think they actually cover the entire floor. Not sure if they are clean or dirty, just on the floor. Dresser drawers half open. Clothes hanging out of the drawers that are open. Apparently, the look on my face as I navigated my way through her room gave away my feelings. Her response?
“I don’t need to clean my room, Mom. It’s a work of art. If Jackson
Pollock’s paint splatters can be considered art, so can my messy room.
I mean, it’s just like what he did, but in sculpture form. Don’t blame
me, I’m just doing what you do! How can I do art every day if you
expect my room to be clean and boring every day? Don’t you want me to
express myself?”
Here’s a photo of my mess with lots of works in progress…so I guess I can’t be too judgmental about hers…At least I close my drawers…
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