The world is a very different place than it was last Sunday when I wrote a week’s worth of intentions. I thought Sunday Enjoy would be a light, kind of kick back post. Now everything is upside down. I’m so grateful to have a beautiful art studio in my home with every supply I would possibly want. I am going to Enjoy this special spot. Please find a special spot to enjoy too. Thinking BEST THOUGHTS for all!
Today’s intention is practice. I’m practicing lines. Just like everything else I can get in a rut. My lines will be different colors but the same length, style and width. I need to change up my line quality. Practice!
brush strokes!
Today my intention was to explore. What better place to explore than a museum. The vast array of types of brush strokes in this collection is amazing. I’m going to reference this visual vocabulary often!
… a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal.”I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became artist” Similar: ambition, aspiration, goal, design … contemplate the possibility of doing something …
How lucky am I am! In all this craziness that is surrounding us I’m able to pick up a paint brush and dream. I am so grateful.
possibilities
Today my intention was create. I had a stack of discouraging canvases. I was thinking, which one should I work on and didn’t have any spark of inspiration. Then I thought take all my discouraging, uninspiring canvases back to white! With some gesso, block out white and molding paste I created walls of possibilities!
It’s just paint!
My intention for today is relax. This is a difficult one for me. I get very caught up in “rules”, “what I’ve learned”, “how things should go”, “push/pull”, “warm vs cool”, you get what I’m saying! That I don’t play very well. I never get to the happy accident stage. Today I’m just messing around with paint! Because after all it’s just paint – wonderful, pretty, gooey paint!
Today my intention was to learn something new. Monday mornings I fill out my Self Planner. This week I started adding an intention for each day. I’m taking two classes at my local Apple Store. Learning some interesting stuff and can’t wait to use it! #todayatapple
ps day 2 of microblogging
I have clearly had a problem committing to writing often. This is something I want to do so why am I stopped? That is a question for another day. I’m going to try microblogging for a bit and see if that helps. It’s Spring Break from school, Spring Forward with time so I’m going to Spring into microblogging. Last Wednesday we had our midterm critique.
I just read about a technique I’d like to try in Nancy Reyner’s book Acrylic Innovation. She calls it “Pattern Fields” pg. 96. I’m naturally drawn to pattern. I think I’ve been consciously avoiding it, assuming it was “crafty, wallpaperish, gimmicky” even though it’s one of the principles of design. I’m embracing my inter-pattern love!
Here’s some tips I’ll keep in mind to incorporate pattern in my next piece.
This is one of the questions we are asked to answer for our Painting II Outline class assignment. Over the semesters I’ve added to my list as I learn about new (to me) contemporary artists. At my teacher’s suggestion I‘ve added Shinique Smith. She creates highly expressive paintings combining paint, collage and assemblage. She is a great inspiration to break the picture plane and go all out with color and ideas. I’m excited to explore this method with my newest piece “recovery is a journey not a destination”. Lets’s see where this takes me!
Barbara Bergsten - Artist 