week four - wall art.

coming into this week of class i felt relieved because "wall art" is something i have quite a bit of experience with but when the final assignment was given we were instructed to use only two main colors which were assigned based on our zodiac sign.
in truth, no one would know the wiser if i didn't take the colors associated with scorpio but i bit the bullet and took mine, green and orange, with general misgivings. other requirements of this assignment were to include a word or quote, incorporate collage, and use some type of floral-ish imagery.
here are the two pieces i created. i chose to submit 'shine' by the encouragement of my classmates.

my brain hurts - or 'week two'.

after falling short of my own expectations last week, i pushed myself hard to begin taking full advantage of the opportunity to really absorb what is being offered in lilla roger's class.
i suppose that part of my difficulty was in accepting that just creating excellent artwork on paper is not enough. in order for work to be prepared for print or textile or any other market, some digital manipulation is necessary. what i hadn't really allowed myself to realize is that this use of photoshop doesn't in any way diminish the authenticity or value of the original paintings and drawings. it actually allows me more freedom to use my own traditionally made marks in a greater variety of ways.
i still am climbing this steep learning curve but i believe i have had my first break-through.

pictured above is my final design created to be shown within home decor markets. the brief specifically had us creating dinnerware.

bolt fabric - week one.

here's the uncut fruit (ha! see what i did there?) of this week's assignment from lilla roger's studio school. this first section is devoted to bolt fabric design.
please pay no mind to the fact that the poisonous amanita muscaria is pictured right alongside cooking equipment.
i can honestly say that i was a little out of my comfort zone creating images to be used on fabrics such as aprons, tea towels, quilting supplies, as well as a multitude of other items. it seems that most folks rely heavily on digital media for this type of work. while i am a traditional-media kind of girl, i did learn quite a bit about creating refined icons this week.