When I told Sue Benner that I didn't have an idea of what I wanted to do in my Master Class this week, she laughed. Now is that good thing or bad? Me, being Me, I didn't worry too much since I laughed too. I mean who does that? Walk into a week long class and not have a clue on what she's going to do?
So with that hanging over my head, I did manage to find some inspiration on my 600+ pinterest abstract inspiration board. I picked a photo that had caught my idea from the beginning. Not only was it interesting in itself, but there were lots of little bits of it that were great too. I downloaded it to my kindle and just took different crops of areas. Then I played with the crops - either themselves or repeated. I won't bore you with the details but I did spend 4 hours doing it - grin!
Finally - yes - finally - I found one that I liked, edited it (adding and subtracting) and did value sketches. Sue asks, "Do you always do several value sketches?" uhuh. . . . ."Well, then, you might want to keep it to only three this time and see how that goes?" (I giggled, getting her point) You see, looking around the room, everyone else had a ton of fabric out - me - I was there with my paper and pencils!
Finally, Tuesday morning I could sew! And sew, and sew! OMG! whose idea of was it to make it 60" by 44"???? I really do need to get the concept that more is more does not equate to more fun but just more work! grin. But scale does play a piece with this design so that's on its side!!
I decided that if I want to get a major chunk of this done before Sunday, I have to be VERY productive. Don't you think?
I like the design that you have picked and your color scheme. It is interesting about the value sketches. I think EB would say the more sketches the better! And yes I knew about getting enlargements at staples.
Oh I like this one! Since you have your vision set clearly, you should be able to romp through the week. Have fun!
I like that you mention how you worked on this piece. I have a Kindle and you said you down loaded it to the Kindle. Can you be more specific. Down loading to an app? and how did you get it off to take to Staples? I read about everyone using Kindles and I pads, but not to many directions on how.. Looking forward to seeing the finished piece from your "class".
I won the Live Write contest at Roar Shack last month so I get to read at this month’s event on October 14, 4-6pm, at 826LA in Echo Park (next to Stories bookstore). Actually, I didn’t win, I tied, but not bad for having to write a six-minute story on a prompt chosen by someone else that you then have to read in front of a large group of people. I was terrified!
A bunch of talented writers, all women—appropriately, will be reading with me: Angela Stubbs, Kristin Casey, Sandy Yang, Tamala Whittley, and Tara Taylor Donlan.
The day takes on a different feel after you die in a dream. It was a simple death. I fell out of a building in my car as I thought to myself, Well, this is how I go. My ethereal body stayed at the scene of the accident and when they recovered my body, I turned to the person next to me and said, That’s unfortunate, I was hoping I would survive.
Please join us as poet Bridgette Bianca, performance artist Shacole Hamlett, and writers Melissa Ximena and B. A. Williams bring the house down on Thursday, Aug 2nd @7:30pm, at Women’s Center for Creative Work in Frogtown.
An NEA fellow, a storyteller, a multi-disciplinary artist, and an ethnomusicologist. Please join us for a fascinating evening as Karen Palmer, Traci Akemi Kato-kiriyama, Cara Lopez Lee, and W F Umi Hsu present their work on Thurs, March 22nd, 7:30pm, at Women’s Center for Creative Work! #wccwhealthcare
Mark your calendars! Please join us for a chain of Los Angeles literary luminaries: Dana Johnson, Désirée Zamorano, Bonnie S. Kaplan, and Ryka Aoki, at the Women’s Center for Creative Work on Thursday, December 7@7:30pm, 2017. Each of our writers has chosen a reader who, in turn, has chosen the next reader.
A presentation about working with refugees on Lesvos Island during the month of January 2016. A discussion with images and video showing the overwhelming number of refugees, the organization of the different refugee groups on the island, the act of welcoming refugees to Europe, how global warming contributes to the refugee crisis, and how you can help. For more information, please contact Nina Rota.
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