sketching

Tuesday night is sketch club night.  I have only been twice this year and, as I only draw that night,  I am right out of  practice.  I was happy with one quick sketch and am wondering how I can employ stitches to render a version of it. 


I have been reading a couple of interesting books which have got me thinking - one on the history of crewel work and another called Embroidery Studio (Embroiderers Guild).  Embroidery Studio  features a number of textile artists who consider an old embroideries or textile and the pattern, stitch , composition etc and interpret and creation of new works inspired by those textiles.

more collage

Still reading Gerald Brommer's book and being inspired to play with bits of paper and glue ... it is now officially confirmed that I am a bit of a hoarder ... I used papers that I painted at a workshop a couple of years ago  for the little fish below - the paper has been tucked away since then.  

I also collect postcards/flyers that come out for exhibitions and have added a couple of elements from that source to create 'Tom peeping' below:

I am having fun :-)

collage exercises cont.

photo - shadow play

late afternoon sun leaving a pattern of leaves on the blind

collage exercises

Following on from my new years resolution I have been reading through Gerald Brommer's book and making notes.  I am trying to teach myself to see more critically.  I took the book with me on holidays and made notes and now am anxious to be home with my paints and papers and play a bit.  In the interim I bought a glue stick and stuck down some papers torn from a tourist info mag and had a small play with colour and line.  A bit later on I tore up a card I had made (acrylic on watercolour paper) and some Christmas wrapping paper and worked on a flower collage. 

news years resolutions

Ages ago I picked up a second hand book - Inspired to Stitch   The Creative Embroidery Course by Wendy Lees. I have made a resolution to work through the exercises and will set aside a couple of hours x 2 to play with the exercises ... my posts will be a way to make me accountable.

Another book I want to play and have fun with is Collage Techniques A Guide for Artists and Illustrators  by Gerald Brommer. Part 1 is called Exploration: Attitudes, Material; and Techniques.  I am really looking forward to getting into paper and paste :-)

and I am going to teach myself to use my camera properly!

alley way off little bourke st, melbourne