by Martin Scorsese

"Have conviction of how the muse strikes you. And go there."
Martin Scorsese

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Plasters, Black Birds and Road Kill Eaters

Always

Well!  I have been busy.  I am learning new stuff online.  Yes, I bought another class to get a handle on using plasters, inks and collage.  

I did "Always" while in France.  It's almost as it was, however I did do some work on it lately and I like it better.  It has more of a composition and also I kind of unified the background color a little to allow a better sense of what I am trying to say. 

This is a small piece, 5x7" black and white mixed media.  The bird is suppose to be a crow but now that I look at it more closely, it looks more like one of those birds that eats road kill (can't remember the name).

Anyhoo...






Bobbie


This is the cover of my sketch journal.  It's an old wallpaper book which was given to me years ago.  I decided to re-do the cover with plaster and paper, etc. etc.  Isn't it fab?  Now that's a better crow...and my name is in green so everyone knows it's private.



Feeling Tropical


















Here is a page out of my new journal.  These are just some sketches I did the other day.  The background is the wallpaper/poster page which I covered with a gesso wash.  I may try to do it a little thicker on the next pages so that those images don't show behind my work, but maybe not...I like being imperfect and if there's nothing in the background my drawings just might be too perfect.
Ha!

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