This week at Tending to the Pilot Light (April 12, 2012) we played with a number of methods designed to break down the power of the blank page.
Using layers, contrasting colors, perspective and some plain old fun, participants left with 4 or 5 mini compositions.
Here are some pictures:
We played with colored inks and straws - blowing tendril patterns onto the page to break up the expanse...
We created fantastical maps with distinct shorelines to acclimate our eyes to the use of 1/3 or 1/5 page grid systems...
Don't they look great all lined up together?
We swooshed ink onto the page in random patterns and then turned it around to find creatures or objects emerging on their own....
We worked all evening, intermittently, on layering textures and colors onto a single piece, each step in the progress carefully calculated....
We worked on a simple collage incorporating a horizon line designed to compliment or create friction with the collage piece.....
Even though these pieces are really fun and quite well done, the exercises were not about a finished project; rather a series of lessons to fill that creative toolbox with techniques for BEGINNING the process... tricks to get past that blank page... that great expanse of white!
I look forward to creating with you!
Have a great week
Liza
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