Art Class and More

I'm sorry to say that I had to drop out of my art class. It was just getting in the way of my daily work, and I was falling behind. I decided to stop before I got too stressed out. (Class entailed 6 hours a week in class plus homework!)

The good news is that at about the same time as I made the decision to stop art class, I found a book by Jane Dunnewold, Claire Benn, and Leslie Morgan called Finding Your Own Visual Language. What a terrific find! The designs at the left are from the first exercise. (Sorry, I'm not giving away any of the book. You'll have to buy it yourself.)

I feel like the book and exercises will keep me on track and exploring different ideas, so that made the decision to stop the art class easier for me. The question of why I'd need others' direction is interesting. . . why not just explore on my own? I found that I just kept sliding into the same ruts. They were comfortable, but I don't think I was getting any better results. Maybe you'll see some differences in my work as I continue exploring my visual language.

Comments

[Heather T.]

Aw, I bet that was a difficult decision. It's true that it takes huge amounts of time to be in class! I love your new drawing--the book sounds fun!

[Patty F.]

Hi Brenda,

Your blog has been an inspiration to me to spend more time creating visual designs (mostly zentangles & doodles.) I ordered a copy of "Finding Your Own Visual Language" and can't wait to receive it.

I would like to purchase some of your note cards, if/when you have some. Thanks for sharing/teaching!

I started a blog to post some of my zentangles - it's really scary at first to put something out there for the world (luckily only a small part of the world actually looks!)

http://pitter48pat.livejournal.com/

Patty

[Brenda Marks]

Hi, Patty-

Thanks for your comment! It made my day.

I am happy to sell cards - let me know what you want and we can arrange payment. They are $3 each or 4 for $10. (I let my ETSY listings expire.)

You blog is delightful. I see you are a dog lover, too!

I'm so glad that you found inspiration here. Thanks much for letting me know.

Brenda