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Informal Drawing Groups
In the early nineties I met two women who were also artists. One was a brilliant and successful commercial designer with a number of advertising accounts and a fulltime assistant. The other was a powerful spiritual seeker and healer. I was, as usual, messing around. The commercial artist had a beautiful patio overlooking a lake. We met there once a week for several months. Each time, we created an assignment for ourselves. We drew a random word from a box. I think each of us wrote four or five words on slips of paper beforehand, but I don't really remember. We used soft pastels because they are colorful, fast, and do not require water. I was, at the time, using pastels on Canson paper to do my figure studies. (A few of my pastel figure works are displayed under "pastels" in my portfolio at Absolute Arts.) We only gave ourselves a few minutes, so the drawings for our group sessions were relatively small. When we all finished, we picked another word and drew again. After doing three or four pictures, we displayed them and talked about any personal memories or thoughts were associated with the pieces. I don't remember much about what we said. Whatever it was, it belonged to that stage in each of our lives, and we have all moved on, literally to other places. The process was important and valuable. Here's a word to the wise: put newspaper or a tarp under your work area when using pastel, even outdoors, and dispose of the dust properly. To my shame, I made a bit of a mess. Other, more important, factors contributed to the ending of our group, but that didn't help. Another thing to remember about working with friends: Every group has a lifetime. When you start to feel uncomfortable about going, stop. You may not know the reason, so you do not have to give one. Just move on. Blue Day Blue sky
Blue water
Blue music
Blue eyes
Buried blue
Emerging in blue Pastel: How does blue Grow? Like a grain of sand beside the shell:
an irridescent irritation. How does
blue dance?
Like a child
with golashes
and a polkadot umbrella
in the rain.
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Contributor's Note
Some of my originals are available at Absolute Arts. POD prints can be ordered from Art.com, Zazzle, Redbubble, Imagekind, and Cafe Press. Each site offers different works and/or different formats.
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Broken Face, Pastel on Paper (See Absolute Arts)
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