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The Hardest Thing

19 Wednesday Feb 2014

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art, ideas, mind to reality, strange planets, thinking

The hardest thing is for Art/Idea to be turned into

…A real project

I had an idea

I started sketching

I don’t know about what materials to use to start

But I have a shape and an idea – circle and void.

I ask him and he asks, “How big will it be?”

I reply with a vague hand gesture

“Where are you going to put it when it’s finished?”

I shake my head

What materials are you going to use?

I reply, “Some small pieces of wood, some yarn, shells, beads and wool…and maybe decorative paper.  Just a combination of things to make this big circle.

“Well, I kinda need to know a little more than that to give you a material to begin with.”

Art/Idea still in my head.

Emergency Lists

16 Sunday Feb 2014

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winterice 003 winterice 006 winterice 011 winterice 014 winterice 016Georgia weather has been particularly nasty this winter – ice, sleet, SNOW, wind and last week, we had an earthquake.  I know that earthquakes don’t really categorize under weather, but hey – it’s my way of lumping all this together.

Our local television stations have been scaring people into staying home (good point of you don’t know how to drive in snow) and listing items to have on hand for a prolonged stay indoors.  That, during the last storm was two days.  People were going stir-crazy for two days?  Two days.

So, in addition to the regular disaster lists for emergencies, as an artist, I have my list of items never to be without.

1.  Paper

2.  Black Sharpie pens (no puny ballpoint for me)

3.  Bits of scrap decorative papers or old magazines to cut up

4.  Paint samples from Home Depot or Lowes (they make a nice surface for rubber stamps).

5.  Acrylic and watercolor paints and brushes

6.  Gel medium, glue and water (for paints)

7.  Blank canvasses

8.  Wool Roving and Felting Needles

9.  Glue or double-sided tape

10.  Watercolor paper – heavy (can take a beating)

11. Coffee – if you don’t finish it, you can paint with it.

12. Scissors and cutting knife

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