A Hare rests on the garden bench, enjoying the early evening sunlight.
Week 2 of Summer Classes
Skyes the Skunk in an early stage of his development. At this point he was rather an unbalanced character. The armature is chicken wire stuffed with the Financial Times. A first layer is taped on and he waiting for the first layer of glue.
Agile has Second Thoughts
Although Lancelot was very willing to help with the paper mache projects Agile had his doubts. Agile had read * about 2 elderly French ladies who resided at 27 James Street in London in the late 18th century, and were employed to chew paper scraps for use in Paper Mache projects, prior to the process becoming industrialized. **
* Editor's note: Page 8 of Juliet Bawden's "The Art and Craft of Papier Mache", Chronicle Books, 1995.
** For a young Crocodile, Agile is extraordinarily well read.
Paper Mache
An ancient paper mache Amphora.
Celebrating the 4th of July. In which we see that not only does Agile have a new (water-soluble tattoo) but Wilfred has also indulged in a bit of body painting.
Summer Fruit
Celebrating a gift of peaches from Beverly. So delicious. Watercolor on Yupo.
Lancelot offers to help.
Summer in the Design Studio can be rather quiet so Lancelot kindly agreed to help me with one of my paper mache projects. Here he is, practicing his martial art poses while simultaneously testing "Sid" for strength and balance.
Dinosaur Egg
Week one of Summer Classes. A balloon bowl/aka dinosaur egg waits for its second coating of tissue paper.
A Recent Talk
This past week I had the pleasure of speaking to the Old Greenwich Art Society. The topic was "The Devil is in the Details" and I talked about using the crucial detail to make a piece "sing." As part of the presentation, we did a fun exercise using only security envelopes and a glue stick, backed onto computer paper. No scissors, only torn edges. Below are two wonderful examples from the class. And the great/sad thing about this project is that you probably have everything you need to replicate this idea at home already. But at least it makes paying bills just slightly more interesting.
A Recent Talk to the Old Greenwich Art Society
Meeting a Friend
The nice thing about going into New York with Lancelot is that One is always bound to meet a friend or two.
Collage Journal Double Page Spread
Getting ready for Summer classes. Decorated paper for a class on collage.
Painted Papers
Cool Advice for Hot Summer Days
On hot Summer days Lancelot is frequently to be found taking a nap in the crisper drawer.
One Final Nest
One final nest and then time to move on. Watercolor. 10" x 14" A platonic nest rather than one copied from life.
Vintage egg prints and more
So this is what happens when one starts to explore the world of Google Images. I came across a wonderful image of a bird silhouette against a pink background on the www.vintagecatnip.blogspot.com site and this is what happened. So thank you, Kathy, for the inspiration.
Food Groups
Lancelot takes personal nutrition very seriously. Over the weekend the design studio has been working to come up with new and improved diagrams to help you make the food choices best suited to your individual needs.
The Nesting Instinct.
About this time every year, I paint a nest or two. So here are two sample Robin's Nests, complete with eggs. Definitely a favorite subject to explore.