Kindred Spiritz Arts

Charcoal Boxes

Another picture done in white and black charcoal which was shown in a student exhibit.

Bleeding Hearts

This drawing done in charcoal (white and black) was a study in light vs. dark. I usually do portraits and figures so I decided to do something different. This piece was in a special student exhibit.

Well, it has been a while since I posted but I have been very busy. My son graduated from high school in June. We also attended the band banquet and my son received his plaque for having been in band (Marching and Concert) for 4 years. He got his final report card with 3 A's and 1 B+. He is registered for college and is going to major in Marine Geology. This appears to be a very interesting field and is one of the few programs not impacted at the local college. Here is a picture of him performing during Marching season. I have also included a picture of him at graduation.

I'm back

Well, I haven't posted for a while since I have been in school. I am taking the summer off since I am just plain tired. Drop back again soon as I will have more things to post.

Illuminated Manuscript Page for Altering

Here is an image of the page from the Book of Kells that I have decided to alter. I am working on the changes that I will be making. I will be using the same font that the Book of Kells was done in for the gaelic saying that will be going in the center. I haven't decided yet where to place the gilding on the page.

Happy Spring Break!!!

It has been a while since I posted on my blog but I have been in school taking an art class. Happily it is spring break so no classes this week!!! My art class is a lot of work and very challenging. We have had three projects at this point. The first was a linear and atmospheric perspective piece, a piece using a grid (called a cartoon) which we had to enlarge to put on paper, the one we will be doing next is a still life using graphite (the others have all been done in charcoal -- white and black). We are also working on a "master's" piece. Last year, I did Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam but this year I have chosen to do an illuminated manuscript page from the Book of Kells. We must make at least a 25% change to the image we pick so I will post images as the project progresses. I am experimenting with the various things I will be doing and have decided to change the religious text to a gaelic saying. We can only use dry media for this project and since the pages were painted with tempera (which I cannot use) I am going to use colored pencils because they will provide the most vivid colors. I will also do some gilding on this project. At the end of the semester we will be having a mini art show and an oral presentation of our project to friends, guests, and classmates at the last class meeting.