Feb 1
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.
I spent a chunk of yesterday getting this picture ready to work on for this month. That is, I drew it and colored it (because I realized there was much confusion once the pieces were apart) and labeled the back, and cut it up. For the next couple weeks, I pull a piece from the stack, and make it on my 4″ square pieces. At the end of the month, it all fits together in a mosaic, and looks fabulous.
That is the plan, at any rate.
I had forgotten that I like using paper sometimes. I pulled out my water soluble oil pastels for coloring, and they were verry creamy and lovely on the page.
Maybe I need to keep a sketchbook after all, except that I still feel it bleeds off creative pressure in ways I don’t want like. Rather than recording and feeding the ideas for where I want to go next, spending too much time with paper keeps me from getting to the fabric, and frequently makes me unhappy with the fabric results because I spent too much time envisioning what it was going to look like, instead of pushing the actual object along to see what it could turn into.
Lee Thomson 
Interesting thoughts about sketchbooks/journals. That’s never been my experience, but I can see how the frustration could happen. I guess when I sketch and plan out things in the journal, I have an automatic disconnect from the actual project. I generally spent very little time designing, and leave more time to finish up the creative thought process once I’m off the page.
(PS: I LOVE my water-soluble pastels. They are so creamy and satisfying to use! My art therapy clients tend to like them, too…)
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Oh my gosh – what a great idea for a project. I am going to try this on my next project. I can’t wait to follow your progress Crow! I linked to your site a while ago after discovering it from Fabric/Textiles Flickr group. Am so inspired by your “take” on things.
Press on!
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you are certainly living up to your reputation. i am screaming….
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Almost a personal exquisite corpse :} FABU idea.
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