Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
FOUL FOWL
Recently, I've been into the idea of wall-panel sets. I just did five phases of the moon by making flat moons out of clay, painting them with watercolors, filling in the details with silver leaf, and affixing them to five blue-stained wood panels. I was happy with results.
Next, I planned to do a similar set of the evolution of man. You know, those silhouettes of the ape/biped ape/caveman/taller caveman/modern man. I wasn't as pleased with the baked men as I had been with the moons, so I was toying with different paints. I propped them up on a scrap wood panel and spray painted them yellow. I left them outside to dry. While I was inside, some avian fool decided to relieve himself upon my clay men.
A bird shat on my stuff.
It was not the least frustrating moment in my painting-stuff history.
What did I do? I simply moved the poor ape slightly away from the crime scene and proceeded to add another coat of yellow. Now, I have an artificially fossilized bird feces on my handy scrap wood - along with the hideously colored, blurry outline of evolution. Someone might call it art.
Next, I planned to do a similar set of the evolution of man. You know, those silhouettes of the ape/biped ape/caveman/taller caveman/modern man. I wasn't as pleased with the baked men as I had been with the moons, so I was toying with different paints. I propped them up on a scrap wood panel and spray painted them yellow. I left them outside to dry. While I was inside, some avian fool decided to relieve himself upon my clay men.
A bird shat on my stuff.
It was not the least frustrating moment in my painting-stuff history.
What did I do? I simply moved the poor ape slightly away from the crime scene and proceeded to add another coat of yellow. Now, I have an artificially fossilized bird feces on my handy scrap wood - along with the hideously colored, blurry outline of evolution. Someone might call it art.
HELLO, INTERNET
I've spent the last 30 minutes looking at other people's first blog posts.
My name is Kelcy. I started this blog to share my creative process with other people who appreciate creative processes, but I don't think I actually have a process. There will certainly be other topics.
As of right now, I'm working on starting an Etsy shop. It will offer clay moons, elephant-shaped jars, tables with disproportionate maps on them, and oddly shaped boxes to hold and display your precious vinyl collection! It's wonderfully exciting to be discovering new mediums every other day, but it's also quite a mess. Maybe I can organize my thoughts and put my impulsiveness in perspective by reporting my progress to The Internet. I don't mean to sound impersonal by calling you The Internet. I'm sure I'll know your middle name by the end of next year.
Until we meet again...
Until we meet again...
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