Thursday, April 26, 2012

Cut and Paste or Cut and Waste?

Painted a watercolor with thousands of details. Wanted to apply some space-breaking techniques like neglecting perspective and reaching an "each-side-up"-feel. I was close to finishing, only very few white spots to be done.
I was not happy with the result, took scissors and chopped that thing. Then I remembered I had not recorded my work. I put the pieces back in order on a black paper and took a picture.
Then I started working according to the Rayna-Gillman-Method, rearranging the bits and pieces. I came to the conclusion that the copper roof did not work upside down (such a sophisticated idea that it just could not work). I pushed the bits here and there.
At last I glued them onto the background, joined some white pieces into the scene und started painting some more.
The adventure isn't over yet. WIP -- waste in proposal.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Our doll house is finished. A new print over the sofa, Kandinsky in Paris 1935. Can modernism be nostalgic? In a way yes. Having tea in the new surrounding. Now I hope to have the time to be creative again. But now we have a problem: We had a jungle of big green plants which we quite liked, but now we found out we are much happier without most of them! 4 of  5 are sitting on the balcony now, and we are not taking them in. One tall ficus will do. Would you be able to throw plants away?
I'm 63 today. Went out for lunch with Yael's lovely tiger backpack. Mind my new singlasses -- no, funglasses for 5$. Can you see the stars on the frame?

Friday, April 13, 2012

Work Is Done

 New paint, new carpet.  New boards, put up and screwed together by my husband who has been working like mad.