This week's creative time was spent doodling sunflowers and starting a watercolor tree at sunset. The drawing class I'd been taking just wasn't cutting it for me. The instructor uses Procreate and while she said the lessons easily translate to traditional tools, I struggled to make the leap so am looking into alternative classes. While I'm searching for ones for drawing, I think I'll look into watercolor too. Who know what will entice me? It changes all the time. A couple weeks ago I picked up some fabric for a new collage I have in mind, but ever since I brought it home, I haven't wanted to sit down and get started on it. Sigh. But alas, at least I'm creating something each week. :)
This week I got the Friendly Plastic out and experimented a bit. What a relief to find I had sealed it up well so it didn't dry out and get brittle over the last few years. These might be transformed into pendants or embellishments for greeting cards.
These are the ceramic tiles I adorned last week using alcohol inks and fire. For someone who likes to be in control, this project was challenging because there's little control to be had. The good news is if you don't like a result, you can wipe it clean and start over (and yes, I did that a few times - ha!). The orange and green one is my favorite, as I was somehow able to make it resemble flowers. What I'll do with these tiles is a mystery, but I had fun making them.
Other than doodling and starting a new drawing class, I haven't crafted or created anything for a couple weeks. There have been a lot of changes going on at the office, and when home, I was preparing for our annual Fourth of July party. Weird, now that the party is behind us, I'm finding it hard getting back into creating. It's like exercising, if I take a break, it's tough to get restarted. By posting this today, I'm hoping it'll encourage me to get back on the horse (so to speak). It's a photo of the glass pendants I made this past winter/spring. I really like the new technique of lumpy soldering - it's much more pleasing to my eye than smooth solder. It adds another layer of interest to each piece.
I don't know what I'll be posting next week, but it will be something new that I work on this week. :)
