About Creating Art: Still Life
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Inspired by the My Modern Met website article on photographer of the year + brain storming Reflection Monday April 2023 + hunger + too lazy to go outdoors to take photographs = a series of digital still life pictures of my dinner rolls before the meal placed on my art drawings from the series I began in 2015.
This is how creating art sometimes works. All of your environments, physical, mental, emotional blend in a harmony that nutures our creativity. Aside from the personal experince, there is no greater inspiration to me than viewing art.
Selection, Preparation & Placement
The dinner roll has a good texture, shape, and statement. It needs to be heated until the color is vibrant. An unheated roll doesn't have enough color personality.
Where to pose the roll is a matter of looking around for the vibe I want. The 2015 drawing is perfect.
Next time, I'll be trying out wheat dinner rolls.
Did you ever teach art ~ post sounds like you have ~ good suggestions
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Heated dinner rolls, makes me want to get out the frozen dough and get it rising!
ReplyDeleteSomething else that's interesting to ponder. I know my photo taking abilities certainly don't enter into the realm of 'art' and I seriously doubt I would ever think to do what you've done here. I always admire the people who have enough imagination to choose interesting backdrops.
ReplyDeleteI took a black and white photography class in college, and as I remember, they had an assignment on "still life." The class was interesting, but I was more eager to just develop my photos in the dark room. It was a thrill to watch them develop right before my eyes. : )
ReplyDelete~Sheri
Carol,
ReplyDeleteI am flattered. I haven't taught art. I was in an art guild that painted together, sharing tips.
Pattie,
That is a great idea! Frozen dinner roll dough goes on my shopping list.
Maryanne,
Your quilting scenes are definitely art.
Sheri,
Developing your own photographs sounds wonderful.
That second one oddly reminds me of a hippo with its mouth opening wide.
ReplyDeleteGood catch, William
ReplyDeleteI see the hippo now.
I like this -- how you see and think!
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