Forest Light
7″x7″ graphite/Clic eraser on Aquabee bristol
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Hamilton
Hamilton
7″x7″ graphite on block-cleaning sheet
Recently I had the opportunity to spend two days working in the print studio at The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI. That experience was the inspiration for this week’s Weekly Drawing.
The photos below show 1. “my”press, with the vintage wood type assembled and ready to print. 2. The inked type during the printing process. (I worked in the “art-printing” style…more of a mono-print approach) 3. my work area, with some of my in-progress prints waiting for their next run through the press.
The experience of working in this fabulous studio is exhilarating! They offer workshops throughout the year, and also allow experienced artists to book private studio time, as my daughter and I did this past week.
Ice Cascades
Ice Cascades
7″X7″ graphite on Canson bristol
Inspired by an early winter drive along the North Shore of Lake Superior.
One of a series of weekly drawings.
Free-Range Drawing
Free-range Drawing…no boundaries…..”just start and see what happens”
2 commonly held beliefs about drawing: 1: Drawing is primarily a means of planning/designing/organizing artwork to be executed in another medium. 2. A drawing is “of” something, and has a specific subject.
When my friends and I started our Weekly Drawing project the idea of just beginning a drawing with no subject matter in mind was new to my way of thinking. I often take that approach when I paint, just letting the painting itself lead me from one step to another. But for some reason I have always thought of drawings as more controlled, and thus calling for intent. Narrow thinking. During the course of this project, I have done many drawings that have clearly defined subject matter, but I have also found it to be exciting to do “free-range drawings”, drawings that are basically abstract. These drawings I just begin, with no specific plan. I now understand that drawing needn’t be more controlled or restrictive than any other medium.
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Gunther Gerzso
A good friend recently introduced me to the artist Gunther Gerzso (6/17/15-4/21/00). His paintings are fascinating, as is his story. A quote from an interview with Jose Antonio Aldrete-Haas that resonates with me:
“I don’t care what my paintings represent- my emotional matter appears in them. That happens without me having to worry about it, because when I am painting i only pay attention to the technical issues.”
Three Natural Forms
After my recent immersion in all things Charles Rennie Mackintosh (in Glasgow), this is one of my recent weekly drawings. I feel more more stylized natural forms in my immediate future.
Three Natural Forms
7″x7″ pencil on Aquabee 808
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Weekly Drawing/ Marina Shapes
Marina Shapes
7″X7″ colored pencil on red paper
This drawing draws on the same idea as one of my Marina Series paintings.
Judith Bergerson / JackPine Studio 