Smudgies

As I've mentioned, I am taking a year-long class, "Y is for Yellow" from Carla Sonheim. 

In one of the class exercises we had to make a smudge mark with an animal in mind.  Next step, using as few lines as possible, define the animal.  I enjoyed this lesson; it is a challenge to use as few elements as possible to capture a figure or object.

These are my smudgies:

Aardvark

Caracal

Hippo

Wildebeest

Wild Pig

All of them were drawn using pastels and ink.  They are a lot of fun to do :-)

In 3-D

Year of the Spark: the working assignment now is creating a wire and fiber-wrapped animal.  Uh O, hand sewing is involved - something I do not like much at all, mostly because I am clumsy with needle and thread.  I feel inner resistance...

When I mentally protest it is a signal that I absolutely need to do it.  On the positive side, I am drawn to three-dimensional work.  I have created a couple of 3-D pieces (in clay and in paper) and the unfamiliarity of working in "space" was all-absorbing.

Et voici, the imaginary animal: 

"In the Pink"

Tie more, sew less :-)