The Daily Creative
Artists create daily — constantly thinking, collecting, adapting, producing and reviewing for their artwork. Here are some examples of one artist who exhibits this creative journey.
Jeffrey Hayes describes and shows how his sculptural mouse and buddha painting came to be. Clicking this link will bring you to his step-by-step progression but here’s how he begins his process:
Paintings always begin with ideas. To start a painting, any painting, requires some sort of theme. It could be an object you wish to paint, some idea you’d like to express, or a particular light effect you want to explore. Anything.
I started following Jeffrey Hayes’ work on his other blog, Watching Paint Dry, about 2 years ago but he’s given this one up in order to put more focused effort on one blog and his paintings, which I really like. They are remarkable miniature treasures about 8 x 8″ or so, which allows him to create several a week. The style and details in his work resemble such Dutch Masters as Vermeer.
Speaking of daily artwork, The Sketchbook Project is at it again. I just learned that their exhibit happens to be in DC this coming weekend at the Hillyer Art Space and it’s that time of year for new registration starting this Friday for the next year’s Sketchbook collection. Click here to see my previous post on this.
With this news and daily artwork, I think Luce’s Good Day is perfect to post for Kick Starting the Weekend. I saw them in concert and they’re great!
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I'm an artist, wife and mother of two boys. I started my illustration business, The Occasional Palette over 35 years ago, when my oldest son was an infant. Once my children were in school, I began painting decorative, faux finishes and murals through my second business, Casart, now over 30 years old. My third business, Casart Coverings, is a springboard from my second. Click on the link on the sidebar to see innovative, custom, designer wallcovering, removable and reusable wallpaper and coordinating decor.
