Jan. 31.2010

Fired a kiln! Success! No breakage. Now the "fun" part of painting on my stuff! *note to self* remember to take them home to work on them!

In painting studio now.....reworked a paintings.... no such luck at it being successful! the 'idea' is good... the paint application is not. I will revist this one again soon.

Jan. 29, 2010

In the painting studio. I started off getting here early. There is alot of bs you have to "do" before one can even start to begin to be creative. Cut the stretches, stretch the canvas, gesso the canvas, sand, gesso, sand, gesso, dry time in between each 15-20 min, apply first oil coat, let dry, then after all of that ....still be "inspired" to paint the original idea that set you out in the first place to build that canvas stretcher...... and "they" say being an artist is easy.

I reworked and finished a painting for a submission to a show in New York. *crossing fingers* I sent 6 pieces in. Lets hope one makes it! I have mixed emotions about sending work out to be judged etc. but I guess we all have to do it to get recognized and hopefully sell some of our pieces.

Oh well.... off to paint.... tomorrow clay studio....sunday painting studio. I really need to fire a kiln tomorrow. *note to self* sign up for a bisque fire.

Jan. 28, 2010

Productive day this morning in the ceramic studio! Clay was alittle wet.. my new heat gun worked great! made 3 pretty large bowls/platters. I can't wait to start painting on them. I just realized that the objects I make are very much like a blank canvas for me.

What I hate the most is trying to cover the things I make with plastic....I always seem to nick or dent one thing or another while trying to cover things....I REALLY hate that!

I'm off to paint in my studio....I ran home to get the canvases I stretched and gessoed last night. Three more to gesso tonight when I get home.

jan. 26, 2010

In my painting studio....looking at my paintings and really liking where they are headed....colors are intense in this series....which fits my concept and tells my memory/story. The question is..."Can you paint 100 more paintings about this memory with the same concept?" I think I could....and that excites me.
I though a lot about my conversation with Linda last night in regards to my plan for the semester. I made the comment that my paintings and ceramics seem to be disconnected. They don't look the same. I regret saying that, because I think that even if they don't "look the same," they really do relate. They do in a much more philosophical way. I have been exploring via my thought process how I have lived my life by such extremes, and how to bring that idea into my paintings. Married/divorced/rich/poor/skinny/fat/happy/sad/good/bad/right/wrong. etc etc. And though I know that there are many shades of grey in between....I seem to have lived my life with these extremes. So, my paintings are 'the shouting out loud side' and my ceramics (as for right now) are my 'quiet side.'

jan 25,2010

Here are some ceramic sites I'm looking at....

http://www.silviegranatelli.com/index.html

http://www.fongchoo.com/

Jan. 23,2010

Productive day in the studio. Trimmed all my pottery and threw several more! I'm having trouble trimming a bit.....I had troubles with it last time too....Tomorrow is work in my painting studio.

January 22, 2010

As great as technology is....it is definitely a distraction! working in my painting studio today...ceramic sat. painting sun. Trying to find a balance....so far so good....

January 21,2010

Working on three paintings at once in my studio.....curious to see where they will go since I'm so pissed off. I like that outside "influences" effect how my paintings come out being that I am really trying to push the concept of color and emotions. Here are some artist that I am currently looking at.......

http://www.virginiamiller.com/artists/LindaTouby/LindaTouby.html

http://www.nga.gov/feature/rothko/

http://www.mfa.org/hopper/

Too many distractions in the studio this a.m. I did have a great convo with a fellow artist. (It Lit a fire that had previously been just a bunch of very hot coals. )

I did manage to create three vessels. However, I seem to always get an airbubble when I am centering my clay...no matter how much I wedge.

My objects are being made with more thought going into how well they are being made. I've been paying more attention to my old bowls/cups/plates etc. and thinking about what I like and dislike about them, and then bringing that knowledge into the studio.

Spring 2010 Ceramic Seminar L.Cordell

Anxious and excited about bringing the two things I love to do together....painting and ceramics! Let's just hope it works!