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URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,818
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I made these monotypes using a Gelli plate. 

I’m working on a series of ‘tree portraits’
This is a new medium for me and I’m loving the possibilities…..


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  • Hi!Hi! Posts: 3,095
    Very nice

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  • URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,818
    Made this one over the weekend:


  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,609
    Impressive!
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    Beautiful 
  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 12,036
    URthekey said:
    Made this one over the weekend:


    Gorgeous. 

    The thread title is what got my attention... my favorite PJ song, hands down. 
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    Yes^^very tribal
    Art is captivating. Those images can be picked directly from my brain. That owl visited me while fishing. Fox...only saw its tracks in the snow. Woodpecker...many times. Those are impressive. Can dig deep in an old tree with ease leaving a signature rectangular hole.

    Killer all around. 

  • FadedGloryFadedGlory Chicagoland Posts: 418
    URthekey said:
    Made this one over the weekend:


    Any chance this is for sale? Trade? I'm in love with it. 

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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    Let's see more of your work pleeeaaase :)

  • evsgjammevsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    Would love to see imagery that recalls the lyrics / song title. A silhouette in a tree with a puff of smoke floating away from either the joint or the lips. Moonlit. and Oceanic. 
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    What are you working on now? 
  • URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,818
    edited August 2024
    Loujoe said:
    What are you working on now? 
    Working full time + caring for elderly parents isn’t leaving a lot of free time to be creative, but I did just teach a summer art course (to make some extra $$$ to finance fall tour) and here are some of the resulting student works:

    Clay-


    Collograph -


    Laser cut stencils w/spray paint over acrylic backgrounds:

    In different color variations ~




     

    Cut paper w/printmaking and watercolor: These next ones are made by creating digital images using Photoshop/Illustrator then cutting through different values of paper with a laser cutter and overlapping.

     

    Cut paper shapes over printed pattern + watercolor:


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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    Holy awesome. Thanks for sharing. Take care.
    This took less than 5 min. So, for me, artistically minded. It's a matter of having space, found objects, a clear mind.
    'In Your Tree' on a cool piece of bark.

    Poplar bark just screams to be painted on. I did a bunch of trout on another and left in the wild.

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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    I never saw that cut paper type of art. Very unique to me.
  • URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,818
    Love the tree art on an actual piece of a tree!
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356

  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,827
    Oh that's sweet you guys. I wish I saw this one I had to teach art class. All the BC teachers scramble here to incorporate standard 19 which is to include First Nation Inuit, and Metis.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    I hijacked urthekeys thread.  Ops work is serious talent. Love to use the creative side of my brain. 
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    URthekey said:
    I made these monotypes using a Gelli plate. 

    I’m working on a series of ‘tree portraits’
    This is a new medium for me and I’m loving the possibilities…..



  • URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,818
    So cool Loujoe! Did you take that picture?
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    yes.  That particular day bunch of different woodpeckers were hanging together. This guy today. Birds are fascinating. Lot's of bluebirds perching on top of the cut corn. Too far for a picture but surely could paint one! Binoculars brought them in close.  Robins in big numbers. 
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    The bark on that hickory tree is super unique.
  • URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,818


    Here’s what I’m working on now.

    This dragonfly design is painted in ‘underglaze’ on the inside of a bowl I threw on the wheel this past summer…& am finally getting around to finishing.



    Still in limbo about what color to glaze the outside…
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    Wow. Really like the interior texture of the bowl. Looks like ripples in water. Truly beautiful.
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,356
    edited March 12
    Maybe the glaze could be like a muddy brown or whatever you'd imagine a pond's edge to be. A nice green. Rocky greys or blacks.maybe sunny yellows or oranges.Don't know. Look forward to seeing it!
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