I feel like I've been away forever! But I've been keeping busy with my Jane Davies class work in Dynamic Composition. This week was all about the cruciform - an exciting style that has intrigued me for a long time......and now I'm forced to get out of my head and actually give it a try.
I started by creating the basic shape in collage using my own gelli prints and a few magazine pages - then painting, obscuring, making some marks, used some bubble wrap or stencils, scribbled with graphite, stamped and whatever else grabbed my attention. The whole process was quite fun.
On a personal note, Dan has a job! After almost 3 years of unemployment and discouraging job hunting, he is employed as a management consultant here in Seattle. Woohoo! It's been a tough few years at a time in our lives when we expected to be almost retired. With the serious depletion of our savings over the last few years, that won't be possible for a while, BUT hopefully we're back on track. He's been working for 2 weeks and feels like the job is a good fit for him and his skills. We're so thankful something has come along that provides us with income again, but just as importantly, is something he'll enjoy doing.
I started by creating the basic shape in collage using my own gelli prints and a few magazine pages - then painting, obscuring, making some marks, used some bubble wrap or stencils, scribbled with graphite, stamped and whatever else grabbed my attention. The whole process was quite fun.
I think the one above ended up straying a bit too far from a cruciform shape - the side arms are too far apart which means the central core of a focal area isn't there. The crimson dribble down the center was the result of a leaky bottle of ink and my attempt to deal with it :)