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More Than I Bargained For

I’ve admired the art of Michelle Nyberg for some months now. Then, to my great delight, just as I was recently feeling betwixt and between, casting about for a new art inquiry, she offered a downloadable class.

YES!

With impulsivity that is perhaps more characteristic of me than I might want to admit, I grabbed two Blick student quality paints—(elegantly named) blue medium and yellow medium—along with black and white, my art journal, and a roll of painter’s tape.

Got myself going.

But what I thought would become four backgrounds with dark values turned out instead to be four backgrounds with mid-range values.

So now I have set myself up for more challenge than I’d bargained for.

Experiment #2:

Boy Howdy, Just Because You’re Grown Don’t Mean You Always Know What’s Best
3 x 3.5; acrylic, ink, and paper and fabric collage on art journal page
floral
2024

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6 responses to “More Than I Bargained For”

  1. Joyful Puttering Avatar
    Joyful Puttering

    I love that you’re always up for a challenge! Well done starting something new…and what a lovely piece.

    I spy another little piece of fabric!  

    When my power is back up and running….I’m looking forward to checking out Michelle’s work….and following along with this new journey of yours! 

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    1. Dotty Seiter Avatar
      Dotty Seiter

      A challenge is always up for me, so I might as well be up for it in return! I’m pleased with this piece and its process which was one of letting go of planning mindfully in advance. Instead, I mindfully made a first move, then a next move, then a next, until it felt complete.

      Keep spying: there are TWO little pieces of fabric, though one got somewhat lost visually b/c my next-move-next-move process didn’t protect it as well as planning ahead might have!

      Gosh, you’re still without power. I’ve thought of you often since your post last night.

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  2. Sheila Marie Delgado Avatar
    Sheila Marie Delgado

    Haha! Boy howdy! Indeed. The mix of the warm, shiny, glitzy, and the cool, messy, mellow. The leaf imprints, the pop of purple batik. The glowing (metallic?) jewels. The mix of hues shouldn’t work together. But they so do. Love this Dotty! So glad you are enjoying the challenges! xoxo

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  3. Dotty Seiter Avatar
    Dotty Seiter

    Sheila, love your perceptions/descriptors: warm/shiny/glitzy and cool/messy/mellow—thank you!

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  4. roseanne333 Avatar
    roseanne333

    Dotty ~ I love the Boy Howdy reference!
    Those three brights – teal, orange and purple are speaking to each other. And, to me.

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    1. Dotty Seiter Avatar
      Dotty Seiter

      As you no doubt knew as soon as you read this title, I had you in mind when Boy Howdy became part of it!

      Thank you for the feedback on what you referred to as the ‘three brights—teal, orange, and purple;’ your comment made me mindful of my use of the neutrals which, I think now, I thought of in only more limited terms as contrast, when I selected them for this piece.

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In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.

To make art.

I get hooked.

In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.

I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.

My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.

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