More fun with paper cut-outs, following up on Star Gazing.
The suit is in the foreground, and the skeleton is on a separate sheet of paper, visible through the helmet.
This was tricky to photograph. I took about 100 photos before settling on the one above. I like the skeleton blurry, rather than the suit. Here’s the inverse, where the suit is blurry:
Another Spark 8 Response – the second of three. This is an oil painting on canvas. A Vanitas with old fruit. Oil on canvas, pen and ink, etc.
Get it? Because I can’t understand the answer. Maybe you do.
Work in progress – pen nib and India ink on paper. Colored version in the works.
Two more Spark responses, for Round 7. My partners were Melissa Pasanen, haiku master, and Cassie Premo Steele, who is just a creative master.
I came up with a whole series of things from Melissa’s haiku, and I’m still working on ’em. Here’s rabbit hole I ventured into:
My other response went like this, which is something I’ve been thinking about lately, in addition to skeletons.
Don’t eat acrylic paint – it’s isn’t good for you. Or your bum.
Love,
Jim
These are some sketches (the last two literally sketched and painted in a sketchbook). All very rough, I’m still just messing around with paint. The first two below go together – the second is kind of a close-up detail of the first one and hints at the story.
The last two are sketches for other ones. Acrylics are making my sketchbooks a lot more interesting. And I learn something every time I touch a brush.
I’m feeling a little more confident with the pen nibs, although I need a better way to clean them.
All this lounging is making me sleepy, soooo – goodnight!