May Master Design Class-Flying Low
“The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars….even the failed pieces are essential” Art and Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland This month I did not soar! May’s assignment in my Design Master Class was another “learning […]
Elizabeth Barton Design Master Class-April-“Morning Hosta”
April’s assignment was a “Magical mystery tour”! Elizabeth grew up in England where the mystery coach tour was a real thing. People would pay for a ticket and get on a bus, not knowing where they were headed!! It was the unexpectedness that was appealing. And indeed, my results for this month were very much […]
March Assignment-Design Master Class
I recently ran across this succinct and accurate description of “The Creative Process”: 1. This is cool! 2. This is gonna be hard. 3. This sucks. 4. I suck. 5. There is hope. 6. This is cool! I think that is an apt description. I lived every one of those steps last month while completing […]
Feb Assignment-Design Master Class: “Maine Girl” Quilt
Our Feb assignment in Elizabeth Barton‘s on-line Design Master Class course was to capture the sense of movement. It was intriguing to see how different students interpreted this challenge. That is one of the things I like the most about on-line learning-to be able to examine and study the work of others in the class. […]
An Inch is NOT an Inch!
I am working on a quilt that I will submit for consideration into a juried exhibit. The exhibit has specific size requirements. I completed my quilt and was preparing to cut it to be 24″ x 20″. You know the adage-measure twice, cut once. When it comes to making a cut on a quilt that […]