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A couple more urban sketches yesterday. First: a noon visit to Art with Panache then coffee and sketch. Second: an evening at Western Fair District Raceway. Since I am not interested in gambling, it was just another opportunity for a drink and draw... some people practice and enjoy a beverage. A whole new year of urban sketching started this morning. Covent Garden Market was the location. Always a pleasure sketching there, and such a variety of subjects. I got myself a coffee, found a table by the north entrance (a little cool every time the doors opened), and sketched the Seoul Seaford Shoppe counter and a couple people as they entered. Only 5 of us sketching, but it was a rainy slushy morning. Here are a few collages that I made. Each measures 3 x 3 inches. In my opinion, they were not very successful. When I first finished them, I hated them, at least I don't hate them now. A great change of pace for the start of the year. They were fun. They were messy to create. Matt medium would have been better, but I used what I had (all I had was gloss). Collages are much harder to create than one might think. In the end, I will try collage again. Tomorrow, back to architectural illustrations.... Starting January 1st, I participated in a 10-day "Collage Joy Taster" by artist Catherine Raines. It's not that I want to be a collage artist, I just needed to change things up. The workshop included: setting intentions, creating a limited colour palette, making paper using various techniques (crayon resist, scrapping, water resist, bubble, marble), and finally creating collages. Lots of fun, just playing around with paints, papers, etc. but not very successful in the end. I may circle back to collage art in the future. I found "asemic" writing (mark-making that resembles handwriting) to be my favorite part of the course. I also found that the "closing ritual" was something that I would incorporate into my art routine.
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