I decided to use this pastel painting as my study assignment piece. The topic was composition. I wanted to use for a change my soft pastels which have traveled with me through multiple cities and homes way over a decade (or two) and they are still very much alive. Well, not walking, but usable. The…
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Water color painting – Forest spirit
So, this painting was for a course assignment. Actually a topic I have been planning on painting as a series but not in this context originally. Topic for the course was spirit and matter in your own art. I am not that spiritual nor try to convey any more meaningful message in my pieces, but…
Inspiration
This painting was for a course assignment with a given theme. Inspiration (kimmoke), or stimulant, incentive; what inspires me to make art. After my initial and quite quick and high-level pondering on some relevant keywords to me (light, nature and colors), I let this topic brew in my head for a week. Then I had…
Printmaking – Etching
The last print making course day and last technique. An etching using dried plants. This was quite fun and rewarding. All the details on everyone’s pieces was amazing. The above pink version was my last (third) print so I perfected the printing, at least compared to the earlier runs. I cleaned the plate the best…
Printmaking – Carborundum
So, carborundum. Above you can see my smaller print made with carborundum powder and gesso on a metal plate and printed via press using oil based printing ink. I did not have any specific idea when I started but then it started to move towards waves. I used a bit too much sand/powder so it…
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