Today is it foggy and rainy here in Haverhill, MA. It is a great day to be in the studio. I wandered around with my camera to see what I usually don’t see. Do you follow me?
I love texture, tangles and found beauty.
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Matisse started out as a lawyer too. Maybe that is one reason I feel connected to him/his work.
I love the free hand cut shapes of his later work. His simple and yet powerful line drawing give me hope too. I have to remind myself to look for inspiration from the masters. When I look for inspiration, I flip through books for a feeling, a connection an emotion. It is not really something verbal or even visually. It is what happens beyond those senses. Then I have to do something! Take Action.
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To the Haverhill Public library on this chilly winter day. I found a stack of inspiration to distract me from the cold. I have the space heater pumping toasty warm heat on to my feet. I hear tires spinning every so often as a car struggles to make the corner turn just out side my studio window.
Do you look to books for inspiration?
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Do you have art habits or rituals that keep you going? Are they related to the art that you make?
I do morning pages as described by Julia Cameron in the Artists Way. I try to do them everyday. I generally don’t look at them again and often just toss them away after a few years.
Today I did my 3 hand written pages on top of some monotype prints. I think that I will layer over them, we will see.
Happy Printing.
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Easy 6 point Snowflake from Linda Germain on Vimeo.
Snow and I have an every changing relationship. For years, I was a ski pro and was out on the slopes every day from November to April.
Now that I am in the city, it is hard crusty stuff that takes up my parking space. However, as I type this teeny, tiny flakes are falling outside my window, and I kinda like them.
What do you think snowflakes as stencils or decoration—–hmmm? Well a friend of mine, Sandra Golbert, taught me how to cut the 6 pointed snowflake, and I made a quick video of the process. I did not know that real snowflakes have 6 points and not 8. Some true flake-lovers get quite annoyed by the 8 point “flake.”
It is easy to cut the 8 point flake because it is easy to fold the paper into quarters. The magic trick to the 6 point snowflake is accurately folding the paper into thirds.
Grab some copy paper and scissors, watch the video and Make it snow!