Completed Stones drawing
Here is a photograph of the latest drawing I’ve been working on – an array of stones. I really did get them to balance like that! My friend, the photographer Jan Reiss, dubbed me “Andrea Goldsworthy”. I love environmental art – organic matter arranged in nature and then photographed, or visited before it vanishes. The colors of the stones have been accentuated, but they only take on a more pronounced hue of the color they really are.
I’ve started another drawing on Canson Mi-Tientes, and am off to buy more art supplies tomorrow to start a new oil painting. I spent several days this past week attempting to stage and photograph ideas I have in my head. Does anyone else find that they get these glimpses in their imagination of what they want to create, only to find it so difficult to try and create the vision in real life? It’s almost like operating in a dream state, and it’s very frustrating. Maybe I’ll get better at it, but I did manage to accomplish some semblance of my ideas. . . .we’ll see where it takes me. Any tips or advice from anyone?
Hi Debbi;
Once again — nice, nice, NICE colors! What size is this piece?
Now you KNOW I do that, because you have been the victim of my repeated emails in the past laden with photos of still lifes………..which you have never seen appear in drawn form! I have no advice in this arena — sometimes it seems as simple as I either ‘feel’ it, or I don’t; I either hit on it, or I don’t — I wish I knew the formula! Maybe someone else who comments will say something very wise. : )
Comment by Lynda — Wednesday, December 2, 2009 @ 9:14 pm
The contrast between the darkest darks and the interesting colors in the stones is phenomenal. The arrangement and color almost reminds me of jewelry.
I absolutely hear you on the problem of executing ideas for art. My best ideas usually come to me while I’m running, but once I start trying to set them up, it never quite works out how I imagined. However, I sometimes find that this process leads me to stumble upon something else (that may or may not be related to the original idea), and I just go with it.
Comment by Holly Bedrosian — Thursday, December 3, 2009 @ 7:27 am
Thanks Lynda. This piece is about – okay, I’m running up to my studio to measure it exactly – it’s 7″ x 12″. I’m trying to keep these pieces on the Canson Mi-Tientes approximately 9 x 12. Regarding making ideas come to fruition, I know what you’re talking about – playing around with a set-up. I don’t think I’m explaining this as well as I can. I’ll say more in my response to Holly. . . .
Holly – this piece vaguely reminds me of the old logo for ABC TV of the Peacock tail. Jewelry is interesting as well!
Interesting how ideas come to us – while running, eh? I’m doing much of what you mention, stumbling along with an initial idea until I come across something I’ll go with. But for the first time, with these stones ideas, I have pretty strong images in my mind, but creating them is so difficult. I think I should play around with set-ups maybe once a week and maybe the increased frequency will lead to better results?
Comment by Debbi — Thursday, December 3, 2009 @ 4:01 pm
Your stones remind me of the gatherings from the Fundy shore…
Oh and yes I have glimpses flying through my mind all the time… and every time I say,”oh that is exactly what I want to do next” and it is so vivid, till I get the next idea and the last one fades… I have to start taking notes.. this memory is not as good as it used to be… Maybe we should hang an old slate round our neck, nah, that would be way too cumbersome…. need something tiny …
Comment by gwen — Saturday, December 5, 2009 @ 2:56 pm