Some things came together this week. Some blew apart. It’s too early to say whether or not next week’s events will be molded out of the same clay as this week. One can hope not. Returning to working life is shocking on so many levels. I came home and collapsed on the porch, letting my mind unwind right there on the front stoop. Oh happy happy Friday!
I’ve been working without thinking in my visual journal. Playing with some silhouette stencils & masks. Spreading paint around. Making big inky messes. Going back. Making more. Adding writing later.
It’s good to have a spot to deposit the drivel. There is plenty in my head. Reconnoitering, getting back on course, avoiding the pirate ships up ahead. Looking for the ship’s manifest. I know I laid it down somewhere.
Hello inspiring masks and stencils …..good colours , I have used some like that mixed with the way I generally draw….( lots of ink , water , glued paper, really a mix media…lately also collage..)After seeing yous, it inspires me to go on with the experiment ……in my blog there are mostly sketches, and a couple of more elaborated mix media things , a representation of the weird neighborhood I live in. Would you check my blog ? I will come back to yours at least. Greetings julio
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maybe you stenciled over the manifest in a way only you could? and I live pretty close to Lisa, can I come even if I am not that brave? smooches
Your art journal always looks great. You make “messy” wonderful and I love you for that!! I hope you never quit sharing your art with us.
Yes, PLEASE do use those journals for the good and the “tricky” stuff. I’m not drawn to the pretty-pretty-“oh-Happy-Day” journals that paint pictures of lives that are alien and shallow-vapid-skim-the-surface-keep-pretending-and-denying….blecch.
Your work is beautiful, real, raw, hilarious, deep…I could keep going, but I think that I have a glass of wine calling. Come over here right now, wouldja? We’ll invite ALL of the Brave Journalers and listen to music til it’s way too late…
Sounds like a ROUGH week! But you did create some lovely pages out of that roughness. I really love the bottom one.
School does interfere with art, doesn’t it? I’m on my last 3 weeks until summer break. More like, fry and boil time….Couldn’t keep up with the stencilry assignments so I’ll have lots of playing to do.
I hope there isn’t a lot of significance with the word “strike” in your lay-out although considering it’s LA Unified……. I’m sending good thoughts.
Marissa
It’s fascinating to see how your teaching has affected your own work. I love the constant evolution of style. You always inspire me to try new things, Mary Ann.
great adjective “Mossy”. Your color palette with paint is pretty much the sister to your Poladroid-aided palette. I am always caught by cool & warm combos, especially with that turquoise and crimson thing.
This is so Mossy! Love the style. And anyone who can throw reconnoitering in, gets something mysterious and spooky when they least expect it.
It’s so odd to be a full-time worker bee and try to art. It’s a constant juggle, at least for me!
Oh I feel as if I not only lost the manifest but the ship’s wheel at times after a long day! Yeah today is my Friday! And it is Long Beach Pride weekend! Yipee!!!
Cause I love your blog, I have tagged you. Come to my blog if you want to play.