“It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.” -Jean-Luc Goddard
Our next lesson in my acrylic’s class was to embed objects into one of our paintings. Since I’ve been out of town and then had company, I decided to use a surface I had already created. I didn’t feel I had time for each layer to dry.
I embedded small glass pieces I had leftover from slumping glass in some of my clay pieces. I also added some linear elements with water color pencils and oil pastels. One critique I had was that I should have extended the ladder down to the first row of beads. When I was creating the piece, I wanted to convey movement and create the impression that everything was spilling/tumbling – beads down, ladder backwards . . . what do you think/see when you look at it?
“Life with its rules, its obligations and its freedoms is like a sonnet: You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is entirely up to you.” -Madeline L’Engle
Hi Judy – I like the way everything is heading off in directions, but it still has a feeling that everything is or was connected – there’s definitely interesting movement there. I love the glass blobs – they actually look like beads. Being able to reuse older canvases is great.
I like it!
blessings
sue:)
Hi Sue – thank you for your comments. I’m not sure I like this piece. The glass pieces actually bother me and I will probably end up scraping them off – just not my aesthetic and only used them for the class assignment.
It is great to be able to re-use a canvas though!
For some reason my comment was just disappeared! I will try again.
I like what you have done, I think it has a good flow and the glass appears to be tumbling. Good job!
I got my cube, now I have to go get another light and see if I can find the proper bulbs.
I hope to get photos done on Sunday.
xoxo
I hate when that happens – you type all your thoughts and then ‘poof’ they disappear. Why does that happen sometimes? Sorry it happened here!
I’m so happy you have your photo cube! Can’t wait to see all your photos!
xxoo
Judy, I took my first photos today, the cube helped a lot, but I still need to get proper bulbs, which will have to wait. I did get some decent photos, but I can’t seem to fold my cube up all the way, even after watching the video, my cube is bigger than the one they fold, but if you have any secrets please let me know
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I do realize you keep your cube unfolded, I wish I could!
xoxo
Hi Annie – yes, I remember how hard that cube was to fold. I had to get the book out each time -it’s about how you grab it with your hands. I ended up storing it as flat as I could get it under my bed! It’s great leaving it up permanently! I’m headed to your blog to see photos!
Hi Judy-I think I have you in my roll now! Thanks for pointing that out to me.
When I looked at this for the first time the word anticipation popped into my head. Not sure why ….. Maybe the movement in the piece with a warm glow (of hope) showing through. It feels like good things are happening.
Oh Robyn thank you for your sweet comments. It does feel like good things are coming. xxoo
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