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The Artful Readers Club for January
Artist's Journal Workshop: Creating Your Life in Words and Pictures by Cathy Johnson Sat in front of a local church on a sunny Saturday, then picked some flowers to examine. I only had a pencil so I added the watercolor later. Armed with few supplies, I went to one of my favorite spots and doodled. Lines added in Photoshop before posting...timid me. Please note: I recommend this book for any artist at any stage...my reference to 12-13 year olds in this review, is remarked due to the value of journaling. It's actually a very sophisticated book on many levels. In a brief shuffle through the pages of Artist's Journal Workshop , I found myself conflicted. The book contains numerous examples of a style of art making that toggles between the hugely personal and a publishable 'look'. So, with that...the book set up on my shelf for nearly a year. Now, after an honest read, I still feel a bit conflicted...but in a way that offers some inspir...
This image is particularly fascinating.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, a beautifully clean photograph and technically excellent.
The green-white colour scheme is inverted through the windows and the flowers – the grass is green at the bottom white on the top, in contrast to the flowers.
Narcissus flowers have of course a very particular meaning in our culture because of the myth, so this is always in the background, as with the theme of mirroring – the pool in this case is the glass.
Why the twice? A reference to the flowers, to reproduction (twice as in multiplication) and the continuity of our uniqueness in the totality of life.
It is particularly interesting that one of the flowers sits against a cross and is being caressed by the one in the corner – immediately an image of the Virgin and the Christ (Pietas) comes up…