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Thank you for your patience and understanding! Here is week 3 :) |
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"With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea." Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer |
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You may be catching on to a theme with our third prompt, sea. (When I was putting together the un-slump for this year, I was drawn to natural elements and how we could interpret them!) It also felt appropriate to work with wet materials this week--paint, ink, markers, dyes, etc. Keep in mind that everything is open to your interpretation and it's up to you if you'd like to use the prompts/suggestions or not. Do what you feel is best for you and what you feel most excited about! If you're new here--welcome! Join us for Week 3 then go back to work on the prior prompts or start at Week 1 and work at your own pace. There's no rush! |
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ENVISION & EXPRESS - Wet material examples: Markers, all the paints, liquid watercolor, inks, fountain pens, water soluble wax pastels and colored pencils, ink pads for rubber stamps, hot glue gun, colored or glitter glue, etc.
- What does sea mean to you? What images, words, colors, shapes, feelings does it bring up? What memories, stories, movies, or books does it remind you of?
- 3 artists and their take on the sea: Leslie Wayne Contemplates Rising Seas & Vulnerable Shore Lines, Andrea Spencer's Sea Glass, Sujay Sunan's watercolors of sea dwelling animals
- Runnin' Music Video This is one of my favorite music videos of all time and you'll see why I had to share it with you for this week's inspiration! If you enjoy it as well, here's some behind the scenes. And if you liked both of those, here's Ocean Gravity.
- Other words related to “sea”: ocean, lake, pond, swim, river, puddle, splash, float, wet, liquid, waters, depth, coast, shore, harbor, sail, dock, dive.
Excerpt from I Started Early - Took My Dog" by Emily Dickinson
I started Early - Took my Dog
And visited the Sea -
The Mermaids in the Basement
Came out to look at me -
And Frigates - in the Upper Floor
Extended Hempen Hands -
Presuming Me to be a Mouse -
Aground - opon the Sands -
But no Man moved Me - till the Tide
Went past my simple Shoe -
And past my Apron - and my Belt
And past my Boddice - too -"
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
- Jacques Yves Cousteau
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TRY YOUR HAND AT… Blowing Bubbles! Not only is this such a fun thing to do but it adds such interesting texture and shades of color to your art! It can be done in a few different ways and it'll always look a little different each time. Below are 3 methods to try. Here's a photo from a past project I did--the left are the bubbles I started with and the right is the finished piece: |
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Please note this could potentially get messy! Be sure to protect your work surface / clothes and have rags or paper towels handy. If you can find a place to do it without a carpet or rug on the floor, that might be best, just in case :) I'm pretty clumsy and have been fine so far but wanted to add the disclaimer!
YOU'LL NEED: - Cup (I use a small plastic cup--the size is like the kind you get at a dentist--that I re-use for art projects!)
- Water
- Liquid Dish Soap
- Straw If you don't have one, rolling up a piece of paper to use as a straw works!
- Paper Make sure the paper you use works with wet medium. If not, you can use a separate piece of watercolor or mixed media paper then cut and glue it into your sketchbook / main piece of paper
- Paint for Method 1 (I typically use acrylic paint) You can also try other paints or food colorings, I believe they should work but I haven't used them before.
- Watercolor for Method 2
- Plastic Wrap, Watercolor or Markers for Method 3
METHOD 1: I have found that a little goes a long way and there isn't an exact recipe, it's a bit trial by error depending on the paint and liquid dish soap you use. Start small then add more of each ingredient as needed. - I usually start with about 4 TBS of water. Add a few drops of paint and a drizzle of liquid dish soap. Mix well.
- Insert your straw into your water mixture and blow to check to see if it'll make bubbles.
- If it's hard to blow to form bubbles, you may need to make more of the solution: add a bit more of everything.
- If the bubbles aren't forming or aren't holding and pop really quickly, add more detergent and check again. Repeat until the bubbles hold.
- If the color looks too light, add more paint. Test to make sure the bubbles still hold after adding more paint.
- Once your bubbles hold you are ready to use it! Have your paper ready. Blow bubbles until they appear above your cup so you can scoop them off with your straw and place them on your paper. Continue until you're happy with the amount of bubbles. Let the bubbles naturally pop and dry. (Sometimes I will pop the big bubbles to speed up the process and because it's fun :))
METHOD 2: - Mix just the water and dish soap until you're able to blow bubbles.
- Add the non-colored bubbles to your page as detailed above.
- Once your bubbles are on the page while they are still wet, add watercolor paint to them with a paintbrush. Let the bubbles dry.
METHOD 3: - Mix just the water and dish soap until you're able to blow bubbles. Set aside.
- Take the plastic wrap and color it in with your marker or watercolor (use multiple colors if you'd like!) It will gather in certain places and not really spread, that's OK. Set this aside.
- Take your bubbles and blow it onto your paper.
- Take the plastic wrap and with the color side down so it'll touch the bubbles, lay this on top of your bubbles and let it dry (if it looks like the color isn't touching the bubbles, try gently pressing the plastic wrap in the colored areas so that it makes contact with the bubbles.) Let it dry.
- Peel off the plastic wrap and let it dry further if needed.
Once your bubbles are dry, you can paint, collage, draw, write, etc. on it. Bubbles make a great base /background layer! You can choose to have it more visible or less visible, it's up to you. Have fun and try different things with it! |
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WHAT WE'VE MADE SO FAR! If you'd like to see what we created for week 1 and 2, I have uploaded any photos emailed to me as well as my own (if I somehow missed yours please email me again!) You can view the album here whether you have a Flickr account of not. It's free to join Flickr and if you do so, you can upload your photos into your album! (If you're new to sharing or feeling apprehensive but want to, please know this is a safe space :)) I hope you take a moment to take a look--it's very inspiring to see all of our different perspectives and the ways we express our ideas! |
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From L - R, by Melissa, Katie, and me :) Katie and I started from the same image, I love seeing our different interpretations! |
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Here's to week 3--keep going, keep creating! See you in your inboxes on Thursday, |
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