Sunday evening

FIrst I want to thank everyone for your comments on the 2 pieces I posted the other day. You guys are very encouraging and helpful, and I'm getting a bit obsessed with doing these things, so while I'm not fishing for compliments it is nice to know that maybe there's something there to work with.

Facing a long stretch of work over the next couple of weeks. Big doings at the school. Time for artwork and blogging and much of anything else besides work and sleep (with occasional breaks to get food for the machine) will be limited. But I'll pry moments out here and there for fun to keep afloat.

I did some more un-prints (that's what i'm calling them) today, heres a photo of them laid out but unfinished. Some need water color washes, and then i'll live with them until i see/feel where ink marks (if any) need to fall.



Note that they are spread out on my clay work surface, an indicator of the current status of clay work. But not to fear, today I sketched out some ideas for a couple of new series of clay pieces. It's just so hard to do clay with my work schedule in the summer, because I'm not good at shifting back and forth, and when I'm working with clay I like to give it extended and uninterrupted attention.

Again any feedback/comments will be appreciated. I'm not sure about some of the color palette...a few seem too strident or hot, especially those black and orange ones...too much contrast. But like I said they're in progress, so they'll probably morph and tone down a bit. Or not. Who knows?

If my blogging is spotty for the next little while, know I'm thinking about all of you and wishing you well. Summer is here, it's time to get out and have fun. Go have enough for both of us and tell me about it.

Have a great evening!