BCD#2

Blind contour drawing #2 – “Ses Peintures, Ses Objets, Ses Tissus Simultanes, Ses Modes, Twenty Color Plates C.1912-25” Sonia Delaunay Orphism – huh?  Painters, Sonia Delaunay and her husband Robert reintroduced colour into Cubism and turned their focus to pure abstraction.  They used strong colour and geometric shapes.  The result was a fresh painting style……

BCD #1

Blind contouring drawing #1 – “Deer Skull with Pedernal” 1936 Georgia O’Keeffe   In 1946, Georgia O’Keeffe was the first woman artist to have a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). She was born in 1887 in Wisconsin and died at age 98 in her beloved “home” in New Mexico. Luckily, she was raised in a family……

Always wanted to learn how to draw?

Have you ever tried blind contour drawing? Creative play this week is about working from the “right” side of your brain. Find a piece of paper and something to draw with. This will take about 10 minutes. Place your non-dominant hand, for me it is my left, on the table.  Starting at your wrist begin……