“A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.” Paul Klee
Going for a walk
creativity
Go after it
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” Jack London
Love needs daylight
Blackout poetry
Blackout poetry is another something I’ve been meaning to have a go at for ages and now that I have, I can’t wait to do another one. Master of the art form has to be Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like an Artist and, appropriately enough, Newspaper Blackout (both of which I highly recommend).
In the style of… Hundertwasser
Austrian/New Zealand artist, architect and visionary Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000) was an amazing person and he is one of my favourite artists. His work is colourful and exuberent, bold and quirky, unique and significant.
If you’re not familiar with Hundertwasser, you can visit www.hundertwasser.com to read about him, his art and his philosophy. ‘Blobs grow in beloved gardens’ 1975 and ‘Green town’ 1978 are just two of the beautiful artworks that inspired my tree painting.
I’m not sure if I like ‘Tree’ or not… but I do like knowing that I’ll never look at another tree the same way again!
In the style of… posts are where I use my own photographs as a starting point and draw inspiration from some of the world’s greatest artists and illustrators. It’s not about copying someone else’s art; it’s an experiment in seeing things differently.
Bird on a wire
I’ve had a bit of fun using Photoshop’s ‘smudge’ and ‘brush’ tools to transform a slightly blurry photograph of a little kingfisher (see below) into a digital painting. It’s an interesting way of working because the photograph provides the colour palette and basic composition, but you still have to know what you’re doing to turn it into a painting (if you have you ever tried using those artistic filters, you will know they’re very frustrating and no substitute for being able to draw). And the best thing about painting in the digital world: no mess and no need to clean up afterwards.
Anna Cull ~ Art & Music 