tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463388.post112024012300566993..comments2023-11-14T11:54:07.648-08:00Comments on A Stitch in Time...: Pictoral quilts, art, etc.Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504185070473121551noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463388.post-1120582129030202772005-07-05T09:48:00.000-07:002005-07-05T09:48:00.000-07:00Believe it or not, but I am just finding my "style...Believe it or not, but I am just finding my "style". I am also in the process of trying out all sorts of things that are new to me, and hoping my "style" still comes through them.<BR/><BR/>I think style develops with time. I have made over 400 pieces since I retired almost six years ago. A lot of them are very small, but then that allows me to keep on doing more, just to work things out.<BR/><BR/>Just keep on making those babies and your "style" will come out!lizziebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252416000554440535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463388.post-1120524352965241182005-07-04T17:45:00.000-07:002005-07-04T17:45:00.000-07:00Let me know if you decide to do the blogring chall...Let me know if you decide to do the blogring challenge. Sounds like fun to me!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672545762299523147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463388.post-1120515146103618672005-07-04T15:12:00.000-07:002005-07-04T15:12:00.000-07:00Yeah, Sonji... tons of painters may want to argue ...Yeah, Sonji... tons of painters may want to argue with, but I don't. Never been to art school... my degrees are in English comp/grammar; secondary education; and a masters in small business development. So what the heck to do I know from art school??<BR/><BR/>I DO know I need to take some pictures today or people are gonna stop visiting my blog completely.Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504185070473121551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463388.post-1120493304701906552005-07-04T09:08:00.000-07:002005-07-04T09:08:00.000-07:00Yes, good post. I am not someone who is fond of r...Yes, good post. I am not someone who is fond of representational imagery. My husband and I were debating his desire to purchase a landscape photograph last weekend. I didn't care for the work because I could simply look outside our window to see the same thing. He is a documentarian and I like to recall things by closing my eyes and bringing up the memory.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate the skill it takes to recreate something realistically in a drawing, painting or quilt, but it isn't my thing. In art school, the appeal of representationalism was that one had to view the REAL object(s) in an abstract frame in order to make it look photographic. Tons and tons of painters would argue with your opinion of making art from a photo. Learning how to make something look real in whatever medium is a technical lesson and an excellent methodology for learning the visual process connected with the materials of your choice. It helps to define HOW you see, how you understand structure and recreate it, etc. It's like a contemporary rap poet learning standard english and studying the depth of Shakespeare as part of the learning process.<BR/><BR/>Everyone's thrill for creating is different, but there is nothing like having a strong footing in traditional techniques.Sonji Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13635126749504933011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463388.post-1120485134533321182005-07-04T06:52:00.000-07:002005-07-04T06:52:00.000-07:00Good post, Debra! And I'd be interested in your c...Good post, Debra! And I'd be interested in your challenge idea.Deb Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03322863748665701618noreply@blogger.com