I haven't posted on my blog here for quite some time....Have been very busy as usual, but was so sadden by "Super Storm Sandy" and all her devastation that it was hard for me to post things when so many have lost so much....
I have been keeping myself busy trying to inspire myself for the art challenges at the
Art Alliance.
I joined in Sept of this year and so happy I did. I have met some very interesting and talented artists and have seen some interesting work. I love coming up with new and interesting art for each months challenge.
This months challenge was 100 square inches.......
I wanted to think out of the box, and thought instead of boxes I would figure out the square inches of circles and make a mobile instead of a flat piece of art. I am an art teacher and have a lot of smart math teachers friends who I asked for some help with my idea for this challenge.
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| my friend Marge let me use some of her class supplies, she found the area for each circle...and then I started to play ...and I tried to figure out how many circles I could use that would add up to 100 square inches.....I wanted to make the mobile as large as possible so I thought I would remove some of the centers in order to make a longer piece....... |
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| then how to make the circles???hummmmmmm.... my friend Carol owns a frame shop and she cut the circles out of mat boards for me on a fancy cutting machine, all I did was give her the dimensions and before you know it I had several perfectly cut circles...... I have some great friends......I am a LUCKY gal! |
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| so I got to the fun part...painting wonderful crazy color combinations..... |
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| I wanted each circle to have all the same vibrant colors with different patterns and designs.... |
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| well here she is finally hanging in the gallery.....another artist was also quite fond of these great colors and painted a wonderful piece hanging right next to mind......looks like they were meant to be together........ |
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| it was so nice to see people out to support the arts..... |
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| if you haven't been to the Art Alliance you really should stop by.......you may want to consider joining if you have a desire to create...... |
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| this is my lovely and talented friend Grace next to her 3 beautiful angel designs......I just love her.......always so happy, positive and up beat, ..... |
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| we had live music from the amazing Phred Morris..... |
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| and one more little piece I had in the show is my "Let it Snow" mixed media painting...... |
Hope you find something interesting to do with your talents........
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