I got home at 10pm from academic coaching, and I thought: “Shoot! It’s the first day of Art Every Day Month and it’s too late to do any art!”
Thank god for the email from fellow Art-Every-Day artist Emma, who commented on my blog enthusiastically. (Check out the cool pouch she made today). Her cheerleading gave me the push to add something to my art piece despite the late hour, and so….
…please note the blue collage strips I glued on to the painting this evening. I don’t pretend to know what I’m doing here. But I’m intrigued with the contrast between the blue and the green colors, as well as the texture of the strips of paper.
I keep on thinking, “But I have no overall vision! This doesn’t count as art if I make it up as I go, does it?!”
Wow. For someone who teaches an improv performance class, I seem to be anti-improv. At least where visual art is concerned. Fascinating!
I’m trusting that, if I follow the journey of my own aesthetic — and give myself color and texture and shapes that please me — I’ll make a beautiful piece that I’ll be proud to call Art. Right? Fingers crossed.
Gretchen! I am so glad you posted this. In september I started doing art everyday, but it has since kind of petered off, you have inspired me to begin again!