Wednesday, April 11, 2007

The Cat's Serenade

I can't remembe where I read recently that it's okay to make bad art. Here is an example. ;} I was feeling frustrated with collage because it didn't have enough of me in it. I really love to draw and I have learned to love my loose doodles so I thought I'd try incorporating some doodles into a piece & here is the result.

The prose is from a huge old book of Nursery rhymes that I found while renovating a building. It dates back to the forties. There are hundreds of nursery rhymes in that foolish book. I picked one, cut it out, found my inspiration and began. I drew the tree onto some more music paper using a sharpie. The windy swirlies are chalk and then they are glittered. I chalked the background of the prose, drew in the moon & stars, doodled a cat playing banjo, a little gel medium and VOILA. Art?! I don't love this piece but the more it lays around the house the more I think it isn't as bad as I originally thought. I will keep trying this thing with the rhymes for awhile to see where it goes.

My favorite nursery rhyme in the whole world is Owll & the Pussycat. Some day I will do a mural of that one!

3 comments:

daisies said...

i really enjoy this piece, there is something soothing about it, something very appealing ...

i find you very inspiring ... :)

jennybd said...

I love "The Owl and the Pussycat"!!! Have you seen the version illustrated by the children's author and artist Jan Brett? I see that we are partnered up for the CaC Journal swap...not sure if the link worked for my email or not, if you need to, you can flickr mail me....jbdigiuseppe at www.flickr.com Thanks!

Leah said...

I *love* this. I totally love it! Great work, TAmmi!!