I think of these five pieces as a Little Cabin in the Woods series because I painted them while away with Dave, celebrating our 41st(!) wedding anniversary, living for the week in a West Virginia state park log cabin in the middle of nowhere. I used an improvised and limited travel kit of art supplies, watched the lesson video once when I had access to wifi, and then dove into investigating.
The lesson called for very specific limitations, and my wilderness setting provided additional limitations!
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| Monostripes #2 --- varied width and length in stripes; soft wavy stripes across one wider horizontal stripe in lower third; vertical stripes all contained in left quarter of page; collaged squares offering slight value contrast and creating a "dotted stripe" --- I like the way one or two 'louder' elements catch my eye and pull me in to discover what might be hidden at first glance. |
5 comments:
Love the wavy lines and how they break up the hard edges. :) Gives me the feeling of looking out a balcony window towards the sea :)
Sheila, I just love your observations and impressions. Playing with the wavy lines was fun.
i love the varient cut papers, vertical and mixed sized squares. Variations are great with subtle patterns.
Thanks for your observations, Carol. It's so interesting to look back at this piece about a week now since I created it—at the time, some of the bright/light values that came from adding white to my base color felt too contrasty, which makes me laugh now b/c this is a pretty subdued piece! It's also interesting/gratifying to see that some of the decisions I made accomplished exactly what I wanted; for example, cutting up a piece of collage into little 'squares' and alternating darker and lighter bits as I affixed them over the seam between two stripes. I added contrast and some busy-ness for the eye without losing the subtlety of variety that I wanted.
It's amazing how small decisions influence the results. Something to remember!
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