Tag: Imaginary Birds
Strange Little Phoenix III
Yesterday’s bird was just a bit too garish, so here is a second stab at it… and this one is settling a bit better for me.
Strange Little Phoenix II
I kept trying to get a version of this quirky fellow, but couldn’t get my inks right, or perhaps I just hadn’t seasoned the paper enough. None of them turned out well. But I am having fun modifying those not-very-satisfying prints. I got a little carried away with color here, but if you can’t be gaudy on occasion — well, who’s writing the rules, anyway?
Strange Little Phoenix
This didn’t start out as a ghost print, but rather as one where the paper didn’t take the ink well. I liked the image and decided to try to save it by painting over it. It came out with a sort of medieval tapestry feel, or perhaps a tweaked flare of the early renaissance… The original print is below.
Dark Night Submerged
This is a ghost print from yesterday’s “dark night,” worked over with a bit of sumi ink on paper never meant for sumi…which brings an interesting texture to things. And in the end created a certain underwater look…
Dark Night
Joy
Chubly Takes a Walk
Celestial Egg
Old Soul
I love the marks that you can get with monotype…
Out of Darkness Drawn…
I haven’t worked on the etching press in a very long time. It’s great to be experimenting with monotypes again!
Little Pink Bird
Found some hand-made paper at the studio today… what fun!
Old and Sad
Roly Poly
Just playing
Night Whimsy
Weird One
Imaginary Bird
Imaginary Bird
Red
Smudge
Another Little Guy
Little Guy
Burgundy Bird
Not a Serious Bird
Suspicious
Up and Away
Quick Sketch III
Quick Sketch II
Quick Sketch I
Shades of Blue
Mandarin Orange
Little Blue
Little Blue
Songster
Night Song
Singer
Aristocrat
Old jester Looks to the Future
Sometimes things turn up and you don’t know where they came from. But this old fellow makes me cry.
Little Red Bird
Chubster
Ghost Bird
And looser…
Loosen Up
I’ve been enjoying my jays, but they are getting very pretty and precise. I’m feeling the need to let go and loosen up.
PJ’s Imaginary Bird
“I just love imaginary birds, don’t you, TreeMa?”
“I do!”
“I’m going to draw one by myself.”
“Oh, that’s a great idea.”
And so the prodigy surpasses the teacher… such an old story. Sigh. And delight!
Blue
Scribble Bird
Night Flight of the Imaginary Bird
Imaginary Chick
I came out of silence at midday and made this a couple of hours later … feeling newborn.
Imaginary Bird in Blue
Yes, the weather changes in silence. This bird is maybe just a little pissed off…
Imaginary Bird in Red
From the third day of silence. I’ve been drawing from Audobon’s prints but decided I didn’t want to open the book. Entering silence for several days is to enter an ever-changing weather system… joy, sorrow, endless busy monkey-mind, great space. This came in a playful moment.