I have finally wrapped up my #30Grids project. I went big on the last three and I'm so glad! It was a challenge and they took about five times as long to complete, but I really feel like I stretched myself and learned some things. So there's one regular sized one (8.5×11) and then three larger ones (19×24). Take a peek:
One of the things that Matisse wrote in "Notes of a Painter" (part of the book, Matisse on Art) really resonated with me when I was sizing up my mixed media collages. He wrote:
"Composition, the aim of which should be expression, is modified according to the surface to be covered. If I take a sheet of paper of a given size, my drawing will have a necessary relationship to its format. I would not repeat this drawing on another sheet of different proportions, for example, rectangular instead of square. Nor should I be satisfied with a mere enlargement, had I to transfer the drawing to a sheet the same shape, but ten times larger. A drawing must have an expansive force which gives life to the things around it. An artist who wants to transpose a composition from one canvas to another larger one must conceive it anew in order to preserve its expression; he must alter its character and not just square it up onto the larger canvas."
I feel like the first two large compositions suffer from simply being "sized up," whereas the final composition was conceived as a larger piece.
I'm still doing a bit of musing on everything that I learned from this grid project. There's a lot and I want to gather my thoughts into a coherent list.
On a personal note, we are having some work done on the outside of our house and there's banging and sawing and such from 7am-5pm every day. It has thrown the baby's nap schedule off and as a result he has been up in the middle of night (and therefore so have I) almost every night for the past week or so. I feel like my brain has fallen out of my head. As soon as I manage to get everyone to sleep through the night, I'm sure that I will be able to gather my thoughts and have some lessons to share. 🙂
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The Matisse book is waiting for me at the library. Can’t wait, and thanks for your ongoing inspiration through your work and your thoughts.
The Matisse book is waiting for me at the library. Can’t wait, and thanks for your ongoing inspiration through your work and your thoughts.
The Matisse book is waiting for me at the library. Can’t wait, and thanks for your ongoing inspiration through your work and your thoughts.
The Matisse book is waiting for me at the library. Can’t wait, and thanks for your ongoing inspiration through your work and your thoughts.
The Matisse book is waiting for me at the library. Can’t wait, and thanks for your ongoing inspiration through your work and your thoughts.
The Matisse book is waiting for me at the library. Can’t wait, and thanks for your ongoing inspiration through your work and your thoughts.
The Matisse book is waiting for me at the library. Can’t wait, and thanks for your ongoing inspiration through your work and your thoughts.
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