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I've been practicing my printmaking skills, and although I'm playing around with screenprints, a linocut still works best for me. Here is what my holiday card looks like this year:
I'm bringing a few to the local art sale at The Arts Center, so here is a little herd all packed up and waiting to go.
happy monday!
This little drawing is part of a series we'll call "besties"
Whenever I look at it now, I will remember my seven year olds recent obsession with dance.
She's especially intrigued with tap, so we did a you tube instructional video, and lots of viewings of "Singing in the Rain". Aaah, the beauty of the internet.
In honor of my family's first community theatre experience (not counting the letter I earned in high school for painting sets....)
Have a wonderful day !
By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss,
on 10/5/2012
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In honor of Halloween I've decided to celebrate October with a series of portraits of poisonous plants.
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Phytolacca americana
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We have a lot of Pokeweed here in South Carolina, and although I knew it was poisonous and grows like, well, a weed, I hadn't given it much thought. It turns out the US constitution was written with ink made from fermented pokeberries. Once you start looking there is a lot of information about the
American pokeweed. It 's a "food and medicinal plant", native americans used to paint arrows, feathers and even horses with juice from the berries, and although every part of the pokeweed is poisonous, it's also a
popular food. Surprisingly enough, the berries are the least poisonous part .
Love your use of colour!
The subtle blue in the shadow - the seemingly unnecessary white in the eye... awesome!