Day 316, 5 x7″ ink on paper (color added in photoshop)
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
“Humor them,” directed the sweet woman to the cantankerous man sitting before her.
He glanced up from his morning paper with a hmmpf, then lowered his old round head and continued reading. He would have no part of childish shenanigans.
But she knew better.
Later the children squealed and giggled at what they had created. The old man played his role, looking far from amused.
Day 315, 6 x 7″ ink on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
The boyfriend’s parents, sister, and five neeps are in town this weekend visiting. We’ve had a really nice time with them. Yesterday I was lucky enough to have two of his nieces keep me company at the studio to make art. The two girls poked holes in paper, smudged pastels and painted as I worked on this little piece. I always enjoy the energy and enthusiasm my neeps bring when making art.
Day 314, 5 x 7″ watercolor and pierced paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Incubating
Until the moon is right
And mother approves
A wide hungry mouth
Casting shadows
In the night light
Day 313, 11 x 14″ Pierced paper and a smidge of watercolor
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
I thought I’d try my hand at combining different papers for my pierced image yesterday – using a lighter weight teal, and heavier 100 lb white. Here are two things I learned:
1. Putting the heavier paper on top weighed the whole thing down a bit. I should’ve let teal be the star of the show and had white around the outside. Or gotten a heavier teal.
2. The lightweight teal paper is like gizmo. As I added a hint of watercolor to it, it immediately warped. I knew this was going to happen, but at the same time I tried to convince myself it wouldn’t.
As for the design – I wanted to create an image that led the viewers eye throughout and this aspect of the piece feels pretty successful to me. More explorations of this sort are on the horizon.
Day 312, 5 x 7″ ink and watercolor on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
His body outstretched, he feels at home on this sturdy plank. With age he has gotten to know the waters more intimately – understanding that the tides reward patience.
Soon the waves will roll in and he will ride them as long as his sturdy feet allow. Knowing that tomorrow they may not choose to come around.
Day 311, 16 x 20″ acrylic, pencil and pierced paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
They pull
Mightily
In opposite directions
Tied together
No
Bound together
Uncertain of right
Hoping the other tires soon
Day 310, 10.25 x 15″ Ink, paper and acrylic on wood
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Smart as the raven was, this new predicament was sure to challenge. For legs like straw and wings of sticks will only get a clever bird so far.
Slightly rattled but with his wits still about him, he paced along the shoreline.
“Think, think,” he cawed
Day 303, Ink and acrylic on May, 1955 Field and Stream Magazine
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Frank Lloyd
Must have patterned these wings
To distort the morning light
And reflect upon flowering leaves
Original page
Day 302 ~3 x 5″ ink and watercolor on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
The leaves she left
Stand
Tenacious
Holding tightly to their trunk
Though weathered
And more than overly worn
Predictions of spring
Not forgone
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Sometimes we
Take notice
Of the many amazing
Ideas and
Discoveries
And people
Boggling us with their cleverness
As it shifts the world
Micah Richardson 