Weekend of Creativity
While Saturday of this weekend was taken up with working at the Muddy Creek Artists Guild (MCAG) show, I got so much praise and affirmations from people there that I spent Sunday in more creative pursuits.
Sunday I did some cleaning of my studio (living room and kitchen) and just got everything ready to start. Then I ran over to the show to drop something off and then made my way to my happy place. It was a beautiful sunny day so it was a perfect day to see Pie. We went exploring and found ourselves in a church parking lot and spent sometime at the playground. Big, bright, plastic things are great for Pie to be schooled around. On the way back on got some photos of various trees and scenery. But the really fun photos happened later. When we finished our ride I grabbed a branch that has a lot of red berries on it.
The photos I got of Pie are from a series of him trying to give me kisses for a cookie. The last one he does his other easy trick (lifting his lip) but he does it to the extreme since I was not giving him cookies, but taking pictures instead. I love all the poses that horses take because no matter what they are doing some part of their musculature is highlighted. Of these pictures, I’m pretty amused by the fact that he got so close to the lens he steamed it up.
After I got home I did some more stalling and did more tidying up. Actually, I would call it organizing because it doesn’t look any tidier. Then I started on making a wreathe for my front door using the twig with the berries on it for a start. The round black things are dead-heads from my black-eyed susans. The tassels from my tall grasses curl after they dry out so they don’t look quite so wacky. Since the photo was taken I’ve filled it in with dried hydrangea flowers, some brown, some greenish purple. It actually looks a bit psychotic. Its pretty much a pile of stuff crammed onto a wreathe frame. But I think it got me ready to start my collage.
I started a new great blue heron design and I’m not sure I’m pleased with the wings. I’m temped to rip them off and start over. I found a copy of the Sunday magazine section of the Baltimore Sun from 1933. There is a great article about the over fishing of the bay and surrounding rivers. Some fragments of that have been worked into the collage.
Yesterday I was home with a very bad headache. Thankfully later in the day it let up and I was able to work some more. When I got to a sticking point on the collage I started one of a horse. While it is from the side of the horse’s head it is of a horse poking his nose out in curiosity. The horse has just made a quick turn so his tail end and tail are also in the frame. I’m using a paper from Omaha, NE from 1860ish. There are great adds about the best forged nails that you can get for your horses feet and the races from that week were in Saratoga. I wonder how many racetracks there were at that time. I will have fun with that. I’m not sure how, though, I am going to complete the background. I had thought in the waking hours of this morning. I’m going to have to leave that one and maybe start another one before I can get a clear image of what I want to do.
Enjoy!
dapper smile to win a kiss
I’m curious about where you get the old newspapers.
ebay! There is a place in Portland, OR that I heard about and wanted to check out when I was there on business but I never got the opportunity. I can’t remember the name, it was something like, Periodical Paradise. I think that actually is the name. What’s nice about ebay is that I can do searches for date and/or location. That way I can find dates or places that are significant to me, for whatever reason.