Day 356, ~4 x 6″ ink and watercolor on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
The last week has been jam-packed with good times with friends and family. I have thoroughly enjoyed it, while still squeezing in a little bit of time for art each day.
Yesterday, I sat down during a quiet moment to create this bright piece. I quickly realized that the mass of lines resembled little tentacles or worms, whose feelers were wriggling wildly.
Day 355, ~4 x 6″ Ink and watercolor on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
If the shuttlecock
Whacked
With force by the swing of a giant
Could leave a tall trail
Telling of where
It came from and aims to go
Would we follow?
Day 354, 9 x 12″ Watercolor on pierced paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
I always enjoy sitting down to make art with my neeps. I love seeing what they come up with and the joy they have in creating. Their excitement for learning new techniques or tricks is pretty great too.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing some watercolors with my niece. She drew a butterfly and then filled the image with color. Inspired by her lead, I did some very abstracted butterfly wings and then added some piercings.
My niece, Nolan’s, work.
Day 353, 9 x 12″ watercolor on pierced paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Such thin, long arms of
Crooked trees
Surprise
With roots red and thick below
The earth’s soft ground
Day 352, 4 x 6″ ink and watercolor on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
“It’s good for us,” mother twig proclaimed. Besides that, the family needed to blow a little stink off. They gathered themselves up – a bundle of twigs with long spring legs – and strolled along on a cool, crisp morning.
Day 351,Three, 9 x 12″ Watercolor on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
A friend of mine from Jackson, Dana, had a baby a few months ago. She’s been doing some fun decorating in her little girl’s room and decided she’d like to do a bit more while I was there. Dana had seen an example of stenciled watercolor images that were bright and simple – really lovely. While she got to work on stenciling, I decided to create a few originals to accompany the bugs and frogs she worked on. I had planned to only create the elephant, but it was so much fun to make that I added a giraffe as well. Dana had the great idea of combining three separate images to make a full giraffe. I think these will make a great addition to the room.
9 x 12″ watercolor on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
I drove to my old stomping grounds, Jackson Hole, yesterday. It was a bit of a jaunt but has been great to see old friends and be inspired by the amazing scenery. I can’t say I’ve see many cattails, but the under growth is beginning to appear as the snow melts – giving a glimpse of what’s to come.
Tomorrow I’m off to Twin Falls, ID to hang some art and see my sister and her family.
Day 349, ink and acrylic on May, 1955 Field and Stream Magazine
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
They thought him strange, this sheep man, who walked with a can of fish food. His daily routine consisted of waking at 6 a.m. to visit the water’s edge, returning home for breakfast and then repeating the pattern thrice more each day.
His hat, which appeared more a crown, made it crystal clear that fish were what occupied his nimble mind. Those curious of the swimming subjects often asked the sheep man questions. He would continue walking, but smile and disperse thoughtful wisdom on the matter.
Original page
Day 348, 4 x 6″ ink on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
She prided herself in blending in and chastised those who did not. There was no need for showiness, she thought. Those fish who swam in salty waters – with their bright blues, greens and pinks were all about flash and fiction. Not her style.
But everything can be taken too far. Soon the naive catfish found herself as a fly on the wall – camouflaged by wings. No longer heard or seen.
Day 347, 10 x 18″ acrylic, ink and pierced paper on canvas
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
As some of you who have been following this blog know, I’ve done quite a bit of experimenting with pierced paper. Yesterday I decided it was high time to approach the technique in a new way – combining it with paint and ink on canvas. I wanted to keep the subtle quality that goes hand in hand with the white pierced paper, so opted for a soft, muted color palette. Adding ink to the circles, though, creates a bit of contrast, which I think is nice.
I feel like I’m on to something with this combination, but have a lot more exploring to do. Brighter colors, more ink, more pierced paper – all are options I need to investigate.
Micah Richardson 