Crusade #33 – back to school
September 26, 2009
Michelle’s challenge over at the GPP Street Team this month is to learn something new, either in or out of the studio – you can read all about it here. I decided this month I would learn to let go of the results a bit more, and just enjoy the process. In the spirit of going back to school I have been reading about the creative process, about play, and about some new cutting-edge techniques - trying to make my objective an active on. Some of the books I have dipped into have included Nita Leland’s “The new creative artist“, Nancy Reyner’s “Acrylic revolution” and Lisa Cyr’s “Art revolution“.
Moving on from reading, I have been playing with looser backgrounds as beginnings to works, collage, enhancing digitally then printing and working further on paper. In the image shown here I photographed a chook in amongst some weeds, made a loose background with texture, collaged the photo on, added some old watercolour painting strips on top, scanned and enhanced digitally. Is it a masterpiece? Not at all. Did I let go off the results and just learn through play? Yes.
Thanks Michelle – my “back to school” lesson was one I needed to start (re)learning. 
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Julie | September 26, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Super interesting, Cath…I like it..and I love experimentation!
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dianewidlerwenzel | September 27, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Letting go of the results wouldn’t always mean more learning. It would be a healthy way to keep blood pressure down. A certain amount of allowing things to happen is relaxing. Allowing things to happen creats a dialog. IAllowing the medium some say would allow an openess to possible new solutions and new ways of seeing. Struggling to have results also means learning.
Good post.
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Trisha | September 27, 2009 at 4:44 pm
May be the beginnings of a quilt!!!! So cool!!!
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Martha Marshall | September 28, 2009 at 3:13 am
Love your experiment, and of course you know this is frequently how I unwind as well.
What Diane said is so true!
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Michelle Ward | September 28, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Cath – great piece, interesting layers. I love what you said about trying to be lass results oriented. Messing around is how we teach ourselves new tricks….often by accident. Bravo for reading new books too, but then digging in and doing the real work. Thanks for sharing with the team! xo
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Regina | September 28, 2009 at 7:01 pm
We like the same books & I’ve been learning new stuff with my computer to create art! I love the excitement that comes across in your art piece.
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Marlynn | October 1, 2009 at 3:10 am
Fascinating! I love the piece you created. For me it is hard to let go at times and just play with the art. Thanks for listing the books you are exploring!
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Trisha | October 18, 2009 at 11:50 am
So cool, Cath. I might try the next one – black. Thanks for the link.