Eclectic Broomstick

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Kenojuak Ashevak

I have loved Inuit art since I first saw some when I lived in Labrador and then again when I went to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. A wonderful visit to the land of the Midnight Sun!!

Kenojuak Ashevak is a Canadian Inuit artist born Baffin Island October 3, 1927 died June 8, 2013 Cape Dorset Nunavut Canada

I really liked what she had to say about her art!!

“I just take things out of my thoughts. I concentrate on placing it down on paper in a way that is pleasing to my own eye, whether it has anything to do with subjective reality or not”.

I wish I could have captured the loveliness of her graphic bold style. Pen and Gouache on an index card (I’ve joined the index card challenge).

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

I struggled with this one because I don’t have a solid foundation in abstract art. I knew I had any to take the fluorescent Turner gouache for another go round and thought abstract would fit sigh the paint colour. The text was perfect because up until that time I wasn’t really loving this card.

Plus white gesso, cheap black paint and black/white Posca pen markers

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Turner Gouache -Index Card Art

I’m in the process of putting another gouache palette together. I don’t know much about this gouache but I purchased some because they were fluorescent. I really liked the fact that this pro series doesn’t smell! I used the eraser end if an old pencil as my stamp for the frame.

Index Card Art

I love my Dog

Thanks to Hank from the Sktchy app for this photo for today’s “tell a story” segment. The background is quite dark and it is my first print that I made a few days ago. I wasn’t going to add the text but I’m glad as I like the page better with it. Gouache and some Posca pen markers.

Alternate Surfaces-ICAD

Alternate surfaces- working on creating index card art. Thanks to Big Al from the Sktchy app for the photo; I love sunshine on a cloudy day so I thought it might fit!!! I’ve used my index card to picked up some paint off my gel plate and used a hot coffee cup sleeve to add some marks and used a lime bag as a stencil for the little squares. Big Al collaged on top. I just bought a couple of Posca pen markers and they work wonderfully over top of acrylic paint.