Originally posted: http://www.rennatatropeano.com/growingunique/2012/01/03/pleasant-surprise/ Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. Thomas Merton I have always loved the wonderfully intricate repeating patterns of William Morris, but have always thought them fairly impossible to create. However while playing with doodles for the Sketch book challenge doodle theme, I filled a page with … Continue reading »
I am happy to report that we have power again. It has been an interesting week. I have been amazed at what all was accomplished in the space of a week. Yesterday I finished felting this hat. It is supposed to have a nice pillbox shape with a scalloped edge. In reality it has much … Continue reading »
We still do not have power. This is the fourth evening. I was hoping to be able to sketch and then watercolor sketch a series of photos I chose for this month I may have to rethink this, but I am giving it a shot.
Originally published http://www.rennatatropeano.com/growingunique/?p=155 As I mentioned yesterday, I have been thinking a lot about goals and how to achieve them. As I start to prepare for Nanowrimo, I am taking stock of other goals that I have for October, November and December. The fourth Quarter of the year. It is a very busy time of … Continue reading »
Originally published http://www.rennatatropeano.com/growingunique/?p=147 The hardest part about learning to draw is learning to see. Even though I used the lines of the towel to help me, My own learned perceptions still came into play. I drew the plate bigger and rounder than it is. On the other hand, I drew the open part of the … Continue reading »
Originally posted http://www.rennatatropeano.com/growingunique/?p=133 This weekend I attended an art show where I looked at a number of pieces and felt that I should have entered the show. I didn’t because I felt that my work just was not good enough to enter this particular show. While looking at the show I found myself measuring each … Continue reading »
Originally published http://www.rennatatropeano.com/growingunique/?p=110 The kids are back in school and suddenly I have an hour of time that I did not have before. My oldest daughter has her license and can drive the carpool giving me this gift of time. The other thing that has me off rhythm is that in this last month I … Continue reading »
New blog post, cross posted from http://www.rennatatropeano.com/growingunique Things here on the blog have been a little bit spotty. It is my intention that as we get back into that school routine that I get back into the swing of posting on a regular basis. The last couple of weeks have been exciting for me. … Continue reading »
After a lot of sanding, spackling and more sanding, I finally got to start painting my plane. Painting a weaving draft around the curve a of a plane is harder than I thought it would be. The idea was to have various weaving drafts scattered across the plane with shuttles, bobbins and other weaving accessories … Continue reading »
The planes are finally starting to arrive. Carol and I are going to be painting our planes at The Gaslight Gallery. Our planes should be landing sometime tonight or tomorrow morning. If you have ever wondered how those large painted items were created, drop by in the next couple of weeks and see the process … Continue reading »
