ART EVERY DAY NUMBER 350 / PAPER ON PAPER / SHAPE Art Every Day Number 350 SHAPE ( CONSTRUCTION i ) is about something we all have in common. Whatever the medium, however the format. The urge to create. Art & illustration / Janet Bright
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art every day number 275 / illustration / the shape of it
ART EVERY DAY NUMBER 275 / ILLUSTRATION / THE SHAPE OF IT Art every day number 275 THE SHAPE OF IT is about suggestion. The hint of an idea. And the things we see – One small piece of art & illustration a day / Janet Bright
is it done?
There is no standard method in painting to determine if a piece of art is ‘done’ or ‘not done’; no thermometer, measuring stick or time clock to signal the completion of the task of creating. There is always the question, how can you know when ‘creating’ is complete for any work of art or innovation? […]
beyond repair
Sometimes a painting is so awful it’s beyond repair. I spent the morning studying a phone; an old-type phone, pink, pretty- interesting. I studied, sketched, re-sketched painted and repainted. Detail, highlight, shadow, shape; I was getting to know this phone and yet (ugh) – everything went to pieces (torn to shreds) and into the garbage. […]
lost in translation
I have a friend who, while awaiting her mother in a professional office one day, found herself face to face with one of her mother’s colleagues. Because my friend felt nervous in this place where she was so clearly ‘out-of-place’, she stood abruptly, thinking, “this man must be wondering who I am and what I’m […]