Thursday at the DMA Center for Creative Connections: Ugandan Bark Cloth

This week we printed on Ugandan Bark Cloth with Textile artist Leslie Robertson.

Horse Eye

Geometric Design on back of paper
Geometric Design on front of paper
Horse Head

Bird design on both sides of paper
Note the stitched paper at the bottom on the right print paper.
Spiral Design

Today's Art Projects

I had two art adventures today. First I attended a Fast Sketching class led by Walt Davis who with Isabel Davis, wrote the book Exploring The Edges of Texas. I had a great time learning how to Sketch For Traveling at the Heritage Village of Dallas

After that was over I drove to the Dallas Museum of Art were Natalie Macellaio led a class in converting flat paper to sculpture. Here is my project:

Arena Textures

These are the sort of textures you see in the riding arena about a week after a hard rain.

First Foal of 2011

Barn Study: A Few storms short of collapse

This is a study of images taken of an old long abandoned barn which is just a few storms short of collapse. This Barn Study includes a variety of close images taken in this old barn.

Thursday at the DMA Center for Creative Connections: Color Field Studies

This past Thursday we experimented with color and how it can be perceived differently depending on context. We created a few studies and then went to the galleries to look at paintings including those of Josef Albers and Mark Rothko amd then returned for more.