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Getting Over Angst Of Landscapes

Posted on August 12th, 2008 by Shewolf

“The work of art is a scream of freedom. - Christo

Landscapes are difficult for me for I am a closet perfectionist. It is difficult for me to see the landscape from the precise leaves, buds, and branches. This exercise has been good for me because I did the planet-scape first and then moved to the mixed mediums I used to do the other ‘scapes’. You can see me lose my tightness and control of the pieces as I went. I think I like the Smokey Californian sky best as far as earth-scapes go. But my favorite piece of this set of experiments is the planet-scape. I really had to allow my creative soul to scream its freedom through intuitive washes so it could give me a hint.

“Planet-scape” is pen, “Goodnight Van Gogh” is gold and silver and black pen with watercolor wash, “Lava Meets Sea” is done with acrylic and water color wash, “Farmer-scape” is pen and watercolor wash, “California Sky” is my impression of smoke in their sky, “After The Fire” is watercolor and pen on oil canvas.

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