I had all sorts of profound ideas about the topic of "ripple", mostly having to do with how people's far distant pasts (ancestors even) affects their current behavior. Malcolm Gladwell had some interesting things to say about that in his book Outliers, and why Southern men are so belligerent and why Chinese students are so studious, even when they are generations removed from the South and from China. Fascinating stuff.But as far as pictures go, well....I had a friend come over this evening to "play with art supplies"...and these are the pictures I made. It was really fun, but I'm not going to pretend there's anything profound going on. All three of them are "doodles" where I was basically just playing with the materials and seeing what happened with them. the last one I started out with a cool little watercolor pattern, but I promptly butchered it, and did some more stuff to it, butchering it again, and so did some more stuff, etc. This is about the fourth layer, and I liked it well enough to finally stop.
That is an excellent angle of the theme 'ripple'. I agree, it's quite amazing how each nation's particular line of behavior is somehow 'inherited' from their ancestors. I love your very expressive strokes! :)
ReplyDeletetheresa, i love the ripples and flow of color in these pieces! we definitely need to do a creative jam session one of these days!
ReplyDeleteI particularly like the first and third, for their contrast and luminescence. Nice work, some times the doodles are better than a finished piece.
ReplyDeleteYeah...I was thinking about reworking the middle one.....
ReplyDeleteI think they all turned out well! I especially like the third one. Thanks for the visit and nice comment, Teresa. :)
ReplyDeletethe ripple of the first really feels emotional and the third feels like a very firm statement. very solid. sounds great to have friends to experiment art supplies with :)
ReplyDeleteHya Theresa, well that third one is really a fine work - you should be proud of it, especailly considering its birth. I think the sturdy and confident strokes over the gentle wash and textures do it proud.
ReplyDeleteLove that first one especially--she has a face that I think is unique in what I've seen from you.
ReplyDeleteStuff about how our ancestors affect our current behavior makes me nervous!
You got a really good texture and sense of form on the profile.
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