Tindaisies

i want to go to palomia

I took the sentence which is the title of this post, divided the words and arranged them into  chunks until each chunk had no meaning. Then I thought about what the combinations of letters represented to me and drew them. I also imagined what Palomia would be like. By the way, Palomia only exists in my imagination, similar to wanting to have Breakfast at Tiffany’s

I was happy with the result because it looks like Palomia is an actual, exotic place that I would like to visit. I wonder what breakfast in Polomia would be like.

Cracked

I’ve been having fun making found poetry this past week. It’s like collage only using words. The poem written in the above image reads:

cracked
found in the sand
between you and me
contents emptied
forgotten by now

Each line is from its own source, found as a complete phrase in some of my own creative writing, a recipe from a cook book and an instruction manual.

The doll head in the drawing is real. I found it in the garden two autumns ago while picking brussels sprouts. We live in an old farm house and the back of the property must have once been where a previous family  dumped things they no longer wanted. After heavy rains or wind, the soil shifts, revealing household remnants of china and glasss shards, buttons, rusty belt buckles, tarnished coins, tiny medicine bottles, marbles, wheels off toy cars…

The doll’s head was by far the coolest thing I have found yet. I wonder how long she stared at us walking by her before I discovered her. She would have been tiny,  her head is about an inch long; she is wearing a 1920’s flapper hat with a blue stripe on it. She has a mischievous smirk, she is not a classic beauty, but she is exquisite in her own right. I call her Betty.

I wonder, should this be described as awareness, discovery or both? When does awareness become discovery or vice versa? Sometimes the experience of discovery is a jolt, other times you realize you’ve known all along.
IF – Discovery

Sometimes. I find that certain images call for different treatments. This was the case after I finished Biatime. I uploaded it and stared at it for a while. It seemed to be telling me it wanted to be a painting. I suspect this is because of all the smooth, simple objects in the drawing.

So, I opened the original Illustrator file in Photoshop and did a lot of erasing – no small feat when you look at all the cross hatching and scribbles in the original – until I had outlines I could work with. Then, layer upon layer, I blocked in the basic colours and added detail, starting with the background and moving toward the front. Then final tweaks and retouches brought me to this result.

Thus far, I have only posted artwork I have created using Illustrator. I know it seems odd using vector software to make the sketchy, detailed line drawings such as those tagged “Bliggamarole,” but it is because each line or shape is an editable object, that the ability to resize and change the quality of each gives you the freedom to experiment so easily.

I admit I experience some awkwardness when I switch between the two programs, some things, even keyboard commands are identical, some are only similar and other things are totally different. One thing that drives me crazy is that “ctrl z” is used for all undos in Illustrator, but in Photoshop, for multiple undos, you must use “ctrl alt z”.

Eventually I hope to get back to traditional canvas and oil – and then there won’t be any “undos”…

This painting took over two weeks to complete due to work, and nasty flu bugs running rampant through the house. Hopefully things are under control now, and I plan to go blog visiting this weekend to catch up on what everyone’s up to these days!

Well, I think I have finally found a good use for spam…

I got a spam email titled “Resuscitation Cruiseship” in my inbox a few months ago. After finding myself with a bit of free time today and yesterday between projects and work, I was able to make a Resuscitation Cruiseship.

(If for some strange reason, anyone feels compelled to make their own Resuscitation Cruiseship, or if you got the same email and have already made a Resuscitation Cruiseship, (which would be very strange, indeed) please post a link to it in a comment below, I’d love to see it! )
I hope that soon I will be updating this blog more often.