I have signed up for a multimedia painting class at Emily Carr, starting June 6th, as a way to get started painting again after my life has been hijacked for 11 years by health issues.
I have been intrigued by the one-a-day photography groups on Flicker as way to jumpstart creativity. However, since I already take one (or 10 or 20 or 50 photos) every day or so, I have revised the plan to be one creative project per day, minimum 1/2 hour for the month before my class begins!
Should I document this process? YES! How much time should I spend documenting the process? Less than I spend on each project, that’s for sure…
Here is the my test project for today: purple parrot tulip sketch and photos
I did this sketch of tulip, and then, since that only took 15 minutes, another sketch, this time of a Euphorbia. This was way too complex plus
- I should have worn my glasses,
- the stone was bloody cold to sit on,
- the grass was wet.
Next time I will use my little traveling stool. It’s like I have to start all over again, I’ve forgotten even the basics.
Later I took some reference photos using a burgundy matte board as a background to fool my camera into focusing where it was supposed to. These turned out well, but perhaps a charcoal background would have been more dramatic.
