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Occasional ramblings

Just a few thoughts or notes on ongoing projects.

Six Dames  new challenge

12/6/2020

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The challenge for September-December was to make something inspired by a portuguese artist - Nadir Afonso.  He was a kinetic artist who began as an architect.

I didn't know his work, so did quite a bit of research and was quite worried about what I would be able to achieve as this was quite out of my comfort zone.

For some time I mulled over what to do and then decided to start with a scene I know well and try and inject some abstraction and movement into it.  As I live near Bristol I decided to use a version of the famous view of the Suspension Bridge and perhaps to add a suggestion of hot air balloons for which Bristol is well known.

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I began with a rough sketch, which seemed to have some movement that I could build on.  I sized it up on an app and then drew a few of the lines onto white cotton.  

I decided to make a few stencil shapes to keep the piece feeling free - I am aware that, generally, I draw, paint and stitch so densely that this would not be appropriate.

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Once I got going, I really enjoyed myself and found I was working very quickly.

Then it was just a matter of layering up and stitching - stopping myself from overdoing it!

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Two challenge pieces

12/6/2020

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I belong to a wonderful online group and we call ourselves Six Dames as four of us are from the UK and two are from France.  

I have posted about our work before - we each produce a piece once every three months based on a challenge.  At the moment we take it in turns to suggest an artist and make a piece of work inspired by that artist.  

The artist chosen for June-September was Pierre Bonnard.  

As usual I did a few sketches and then, having decided on the dimensions I wanted (16" X 16") I drew some outlines onto white cotton and began to paint.  

I wanted to feature the colours that Bonnard uses so well - vibrant jade/green and orange in particular.

I love the paintings he did looking through windows and so that was my aim.

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