Little Hands Studio News ; Drawing with pens and ink

Pens and ink are news in the studio. This drawing is made with gel pens and felt tip fine liner pens. 

 It seems like time to hunker down and put hours into learning how various mediums behave and how appropriate they are for my ideas.

In the mean time I'm packing materials for an upcoming move, so I'm going to pack the looms, yarns and other bulky materials and try to keep a slimmed down group of working stuff.

Although I have used a cross, I purposely want to set it off center and give it a bit more abstracted position and also add an asymmetrical setting.

It takes a lot of effort to keep the drawing relatively consistent so that the colors don't drift from shades into tints, and so that the color combinations remain vibrant.

Collage greeting cards

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Collage cards, mixed media, 4.5 in x 6 in with a blank insert for writing.

 

Collage greeting cards 2020

Collage; 4.5 in x 6 in

Cards are often made in series.

Many times the collage materials can be combined in a variety of ways.

The collage materials collection  began some time around 1985.

The main tools used for construction are scissors and glue.

I love to throw paint and ink.

 

Mixed media on paper

 

12.5 in. x 12.5 in. Fabriano Maxim ; Tao Te Ching text; graphite; pastel; collage; gel pen;

Mail art / Postal Art August/September 2020

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Influential Book

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It was quite a bout of mail art during last week.  I joined in Erin Fussell's year long project #howstheweatherherethere and it's juicy!  I've beeen using a little heart as the ongoing motif among  mixed media abstract collage elements.  My very deep stash has come in handy as I've expolore colors and images to express weather that is inside and outside.  

The Art Association of Sudbury, MA is calling for mail art that represents an influential book in our lives, and I've sent two verses from the Tao Te Ching, an ancient Chinese classic that I have read on and off since 1972.

One of the best parts about mail art is taking it to the mail box out on the road and putting the little red flag up before the mail carrier drives by. It means one more work of art is completed and making its way out int he world.