Tag: skins

A Dance Interval Epiphany

About My Art, Alvin Ailey Dancers, Fantastical art, Painting-practice, Photography, Theatre

As I write ✍️, it is the first interval at Sadlers Wells on Saturday 16th September. We just finished watching the first act of The Alvin Ailey dance Roy’s Joys.

Photo shows. Interval activities, most get an ice cream, some read a book, I start to write a blog post
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Blue Sky Thinking to Create New Skins

Creativity, Ideas, Inspiration, Local inspiration & activities, Nature, Paintings
Mesmerising clouds 🌨️ on train from Birmingham to London

I got a chance to do some blue sky thinking 🤔 this week on a train ride from Birmingham.

The journey gave me an opportunity to plan some new artwork based on these pictures I took. I was also able to make connections to the paint skins I was creating.

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Putting Skin in My Art Game

Artists, Frank Bowling, Painting-classes-London

I was thinking back on the course I did at CSM this week. Those thoughts helped my plans to integrate paint skins into more of my pieces.

Gold skin from CSM course to make jewel like paintings. Phase one.
Exploring shapes with cake cutters and cake tins
Playing with negative space and marbling

I tried to review at least three of the big famous artworks that use skin, but I got distracted by the work of Frank Bowling. Tate. Arts seem to think he does it, and I need to investigate further. Perhaps it’s that he uses canvas-like skin. I still need to read more of that very long paper.

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