Drawn to the spinning skies…

Another week — another artist date. And this one was AWESOME!

Remember those spin art booths at the fair when you were young? Well Crayola makes a spin art creator. It is fun! I have enjoyed it so much it had to be sequestered so I would return to other things at hand…

Some are the spattered dripped things like we created at the fair…What I find really intriguing are concentric circles. I have used coloured pencils, inks, markers, brush tip markers, various paints and brushes.

I also like the way the paper does not sit perfectly flat. So as it spins it is heavier in areas and lighter, or nonexistent in others.

Another project was cleaning and organizing the studio. I had hundreds of drawings in pads and portfolios — at one point I purchased a nice archival box to store the ones I wanted to keep. Months later I determined: that particular mound of clutter had to go.

Sorting through them was very cool. I was shocked at what I have created since I started in 2001. Some good drawings, some laughably juvenile, others flat out bad and then the special ones. It is interesting to me what I find I like. Some because they are finished or a portion is finished — others just struck me as an interesting pose the model was in. Funny what we are drawn to…

I had forgotten about this little ink drawing from a class on hands with Abdon Romero. I love the line quality and hatching.

I love summer. Not because of the heat, rather the skies. This was taken in the evening last week. I love the sliver of the moon surrounded by the spectacularly coloured clouds. The only drawback to the whole love of the sky are the moments of shear and breath taking beauty WHEN YOUR CAMERA IS NOT WHERE YOU ARE! So I am pleased to have captured this…

Drawn to the spinning skies…

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