by Cheryle | Dec 13, 2014 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art reflections, Learning, Process
Two nights ago I woke in the middle of the night, planning stamps or possibly stencils to use to build the background layers. Then I made my gum tree stamps. Last night my waking dreams were about the collage pieces and how the layers would work together. I realised...
by Cheryle | Dec 13, 2014 | Art, Art reflections, Learning, Process
Australian gum tree dreaming. Today I started an accordion book. It is for a gift and is larger than I have done before. I will discu ss the how to process ideas in another post. I know I want to lay down a strong background and have an Australian landscape...
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by Cheryle | Dec 11, 2014 | Art, Art reflections, Play, Process |
Continuing my large square mixed media acrylic painting. This is the next stage of the piece. Each stage needs to be added to dry fully before proceeding to the next point. I spend time in developing the detailed layered background from an intuitive playful space...
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by Cheryle | Dec 8, 2014 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art, Art reflections, Process
Where to begin Today was the first day in ages I haven’t had a whole lot of tasks to do by a looming deadline so I did some Xmas shopping in the morning and had a nice relaxed start. I am avoiding starting the accordion book wedding piece as it has so many...
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by Cheryle | Dec 2, 2014 | Art, Art reflections, Exhibitions |
Another piece for The Burnley Harbour Exhibition this weekend. I am playing with the white out and transparency effect to see what it does. I like the effect in this work and have the sense that it is about not overdoing it. I do. Like the effect of the stencil rub...
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by Cheryle | Nov 30, 2014 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art, Art reflections, Exhibitions, Process
This is one of the pieces that I started at the Tracy Verdugo workshop. She has moved so far from this beginning point. I am loving the paint markers but am finding the freedom of refillable brush pens is giving me a greater variety of line. The biggest difference in...