tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post2900090673555733250..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: EvaluationsElizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-25377925851774829902019-11-05T05:57:06.413-08:002019-11-05T05:57:06.413-08:00I'm so glad I discovered your blog. After hav...I'm so glad I discovered your blog. After having taken Abstract Art for Quilters this past spring, it is helpful for me to remember your "voice" and this post perfectly captured it. And your work is just so beautiful and captivating. When I finish the quilts I designed in your class, I will take another with you. Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10742420546511892456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-79312195793404539772019-10-24T16:53:41.741-07:002019-10-24T16:53:41.741-07:00I think "audacity" is the secret sauce f...I think "audacity" is the secret sauce for any artistic effort, once the technical issues are in hand.Heather Dubreuilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626475036351705686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-64610719451175405922019-10-24T15:14:23.063-07:002019-10-24T15:14:23.063-07:00Elizabeth,
Thank you for your blog posts. They alw...Elizabeth,<br />Thank you for your blog posts. They always make me think, learn, and question. I too am working on an entry for SAQA. Hope it has the passion needed to have others stop and enjoy. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08054085767683965592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-26808548903317216472019-10-24T13:12:30.241-07:002019-10-24T13:12:30.241-07:00Your watercolors of leaves and trees are exquisite...Your watercolors of leaves and trees are exquisite! Thanks for posting!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12882779187330586134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-74563398369147710522019-10-24T11:54:43.522-07:002019-10-24T11:54:43.522-07:00Hi Kay - and THANK you!!!! yes the leaves do danc...Hi Kay - and THANK you!!!! yes the leaves do dance don't they...wonderful.....ElizabethElizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13015216923727083793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-11481734502973732342019-10-24T11:54:09.312-07:002019-10-24T11:54:09.312-07:00Hi Lee, thank you!
yes I think cliches are one o...Hi Lee, thank you! <br />yes I think cliches are one of the biggest pitfalls...and so many classes focus on teaching just that!! <br />ah well....you're thinking about it...the best first step!<br />ElizabethElizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13015216923727083793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-50678588095450371742019-10-24T11:52:43.465-07:002019-10-24T11:52:43.465-07:00Hi Marilyn - and thank you for commenting! very g...Hi Marilyn - and thank you for commenting! very good luck with your SAQA entry - there's a lot of competition for those shows and they do a nice catalogue usually.<br />yes...get the passion in there!!! ElizabethElizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13015216923727083793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-72752151834287601322019-10-24T09:31:47.824-07:002019-10-24T09:31:47.824-07:00I love that fourth painting, the one with the gold...I love that fourth painting, the one with the golds and greens. It dances!kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806888344075888873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-53104100953147372182019-10-24T07:47:59.334-07:002019-10-24T07:47:59.334-07:00"Oh yes, beautiful, but on to the next one, t..."Oh yes, beautiful, but on to the next one, this one’s a corpse." hahaha - pithy, well said. Studying composition/design concepts now, to learn how to breathe that spark of life into my work - "how can you push the freshness, the fall-ness, the bounciness?" - these are good things to consider, thanks. My skill isn't high enough yet to know when it's pushing "more-ness" into a piece or just skirting cliche. The search continues...Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442734207463673567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-6015592353149280202019-10-24T07:11:02.334-07:002019-10-24T07:11:02.334-07:00This is just such a timely post for me. Thanks. ...This is just such a timely post for me. Thanks. I've taken a couple of your online classes and each one has given me just the push I've needed at a particular time, and now this. I'm working on a quilt to submit for a SAQA exhibition, (my first submission!!!!) have selected the colors and the shapes I want to use, but haven't figured out how I'm going to put them together. Lots of sketches, probably a series to help me get to what I want to say. And now your reminder that one's passion must be present in one's work. Perfect.Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212087313888743923noreply@blogger.com