January 7, 2024
Snow Day!
Even though I am no longer a student, am no longer a full-time teacher, and have only a small case load of tutorial students in my new status as more retired than not, and even though it’s a Sunday and I am therefore not required to study, teach, or tutor in any case, a day of falling snow—a SNOW DAY!—such as we have going on in my little corner of the world today still feels like a day “off.” Woot! Woot!
I rose early as I do every day and took myself outdoors for a short walk, grateful for a partially plowed street and tracks left by a car or truck some time earlier. A chance to walk through snow on the ground, with snowflakes falling steadily and swirling actively in every direction, in the dark and hush of predawn, with every vista transformed, is a gift of some rarity. I grabbed it.
Then I tucked myself back into my cozy home and communed with Henri Matisse about what he referred to as a process of both “cutting directly into color” and “drawing with scissors.” I finished up a page of nine mini-Matisses in my art journal.
So much to learn! I am humbled. Eager to learn more.
And, trust me, there is plenty more to learn! The tiny collages of cut-out paper shapes I’ve assembled have challenged me big time to engage head-on with color, composition, contrast, and cohesion.
First one completed:
~2×2″; paper cut-outs on art journal page
collage
2024
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8 responses to “Snow Day!”
A sweet snow day (made sweeter by Dave’s being the snowblower operator in the family), I must say! I’m thinking maybe 2 more this season would be nice. Then, directly to spring!
In the mysterious way of the world, I bumped into a link at someone else’s blog this afternoon that happened to take me to a MOMA article about Henri and I felt such connection with him as I looked at his work, gazed at him in photos, and read about his cut-outs. A sweet serendipitous gift in my day.
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Yes, all things possible on a snow day! Today is pretty sweet also, what with the accumulated snowfall’s being appreciable in depth and glittery sparkly brilliantly WHITE.
Thanks for your affirmation and encouragement re my mini-Matisse adventure. I am finding the hands-on nature of this 4-C’s learning very engaging.
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Sheila, thanks once again for welcome feedback on visual language; helpful to be reminded of decisions I made while playing and fun to have you notice what I may not : )
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