Part of what makes it to my daily visual journal are things that other artists have said that resonate with me. I often watch artist interviews or art programs online while I work on my art. Sometimes I’ll quickly jot what I hear in my journal and later or the…
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Stitching with Purpose I am happy to announce that I will be leading my Stitching with Purpose workshop at Maker Faire Vancouver coming up in June. Workshop Description What matters to you? Find out what ‘craftivism’ is all about and learn to stitch your message on a fabric flag that…
. . . a poetry of place that defines Vancouver is a phrase taken from a talk on Public Art organized by CARFAC BC at the Vancouver Public Library downtown (April 9 2014). Karen Henry, the Public Art Planner of Cultural Services for the City of Vancouver had these words…
I plan to offer at least two events this year. There may be one in June but the one for August has been confirmed, so please mark your calendars if you want to learn some stitching or talk craftivism. Stitching with Purpose What matters to you? Find out what ‘craftivism’…
How do you experience creative flow? Lisa Sonora Beam asks this on her blog. When I think about the projects I’ve been wanting to work on, I have to say I’ve been feeling really stuck. It seems they’re all in my head, the ideas, the execution, the final product. Product….
I’ve slowed down on my bird project while I’m exploring other fundamentals in the practice of drawing. I came across a beautiful dead bird a few weeks ago which asked to be drawn in a different way than my previous exploration in drawing birds. I could really feel that drawing…
The vulturine guineafowl seemed appropriate to express sentiments of the heart. This is because its beautiful patterned blue, black, and white feathers (not seen in my black and white rendering) are integral to courtship. While I was creating this composition, this love scenario, I was listening to songs by Cuban…
I mentioned in my previous post that to help me explore drawing further, I am taking a drawing course at Emily Carr University of Art & Design. On the first lesson we focused on line qualities. I really liked that lesson. It got me thinking of different ways to draw…
I saw the ever colourful Gouldian Finch at the Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park here in Vancouver. It’s a pretty small conservatory but neat nonetheless. I took a photo and this is the resulting drawing. Something I recently realized is that these bird drawings are not part of my…
This little guy gave me problems at first. I couldn’t get the shape right so I had to switch from my direct line drawing to sketching shapes first. Drawing the Eurasian Starling reminded me that it’s good to be able to approach a problem from different sides. And to take…