Good morning Wednesday desk hoppers! How does your work desk look like this morning? What are you working on? Let’s inspire each other: show me your desk and I show you mine… after all, it’s What’s On Your Work desk Wednesday
(If you’re not familiar with the concept: WOYWW it is a weekly event hosted by Julia from the UK. Artists from all over the world post a photo of their desk on their blog and leave a link at Julia’s blog. Wanna join us? More info here.)
After I took the workshop SoulCollage last Thursday I spend all weekend collecting and organizing my clippings. I had all kinds of cut out images laying around everywhere in my atelier… some in a box in my closet, some in files in a drawer, some on a shelf… to be honest, it was a pretty chaotic ‘collage situation’. After the workshop I found it time to organize all those images and store them in categorized folders… those are on my desk (and a lot more too…) Take a look
I did make a few other ‘Soul-cards’ yesterday (you can see one standing in the window sill) but I’ll show you those some other time maybe.
What I do want to show you is the progress I am making on the intuitive painting I showed you last week.
Photo #1 is the one I showed you last week, and it was the result of an ‘intuitive painting session. Now the intuitive phase is over and at the moment I am working to ‘get out’ the figures and find a balance. I add a little paint and change a bit almost every day. In the late afternoon, I put the painting in the living room on the sideboard so I can look at it in the changing light. When it gets dark outside, and the lamps go on, the painting looks different and I usually can see what is missing or wrong with it still, and find out if the balance is right.
#4 is not yet the final piece, but I have the feeling I am almost there.
That’s it for now sweeties… just one more thing before I sign off for the day.
The online art journal workshop Mixed Emotions, which I teach with Michelle Rydell, started last Monday but you can still join. Registration stays open until September 20.
wow, your painting is really coming to life and lovely to see your very organised desk.
sandra de @33
Hi Marit, It’s lovely to catch up with you again.
Your painting progress is really interesting. I love seeing how they’ve changed and the figures have emerged. It sounds a very therapeutic process.
Hugs Lisax #36
LOVE the painting! Knuffels – Irma
that painting is really coming along. I love the messiness of intuitive painting. Rather reminds me of crystal balls and rorschach tests. Very organized desk and those bits of collage that i store I only find after I used something else as i could not find them!
How well organized you are! Your desk is so inspirational.
Hi Marit, loved the painting last week and even more now. Wishing you a great woyww and happy crafting, Angela x 20
Mooi, dat schilderij. Ik vond het overigens al prachtig gewoon als abstract zonder het defniniëren van specifieke figuren.
Lekker zo’n vol bureau ook. Dat sorteren in categorieën ligt mijzelf nooit zo. Ik sorteer puur op formaat: groot, middelgroot en klein en dan nog een aparte map voor teksten en woorden. Ik zoek zelden een specifiek plaatje, dus dat scheelt mij een hoop uitzoekwerk, haha.
Mis je het extra tafeltje aan de linkerkant nog niet? 😉
Wow, the painting does look better with a different focus. Brilliant!
I like your busy desk (with the annotations) and my eye went to the little cabinet that your acrylic paints are on. Is that Ikea?
Have a good week,
Lisca