Day: January 3, 2008

transfer paint and leaves

January 3, 2008


Jan 3b
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

Painted leaves with a painted piece of paper behind them – I am verry pleased with the detail from the leaves.



Jan 3c
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

After the above experiment, the backs of the leaves had color on them, so I flipped them over and ironed again. They look very dreamy to me.

I experimented with other polyester fabrics, but the shiny stuff carries the most detail. I should go troll through Joann’s for other polyester fabrics that are smooth but less shiny.

Unexpected bonus: ironing oak leaves makes a nice smell.

Unexpected negative: it is the middle of freaking winter in New England – the only leaves I can find are dead oak leaves. I wonder if people would mail me leaves… you know, from warmer climes?

commitments for 2008

January 3, 2008

It helps me think about what I am doing if I can make it into a list. So I worked on formalizing yesterday’s nebulous concepts into a list, and it looks liket his:

Art commitments:

  • media of the moment – an extended set of experiments with a particular media going for at least a month, possibly six weeks, and consisting of the daily thing and the weekly thing
  • daily thing – daily sample of the media of the moment
  • weekly thing – using the samples or new knowledge of the media of the moment, make a 5×7” work
  • monthly thing – SharonB’s Take it Further Challenge  (TIF) – work off the colors every time, try to get to the theme as well
  • trees/leaves – finish 5 of 10 leaves each series (a project I have been idly thinking about for a year) for gingko, birch, dogwood, maple, oak
  • start the first of the weeds series on 12×12" backgrounds

Personal stuff:

  • call your mother
  • ride a horse
  • laugh with a friend
  • go to a gallery/museum
  • ride your bike with your family

These are things I intend to do this year. In June I will revisit the media of the moment concept and see what I have left in my stash to explore. It could be a semester course, or it may go all year. I am not sure how many different kinds of stuff I have in there. The weekly thing will keep me making stuff with my experiments, and I will try to tie the monthly thing to the media of the moment experiments as well.

so Mom – you’ve moved up the list in importance, and you should hear from me soon.