MATTE VARNISH & STITCHING WIND

Sketchbook Project

a record year of rain fall

Noticing some acrylic pages are sticking together-lifting paint off. Will touch up. Experimenting. Thin coat of matte varnish might seal the paint.

2 pg spread-machine stitched 'wind' & waves of pastels into wet acrylics.

THE WATER IS RISING

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year of rainfall

water rising

4x 2pg spreads to go

busy wknd

back at it tomorrow

NOAH & CREATIVE PROCESS

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year of rainfall.

Designed NOAH quilt in 1994. Enjoyed creating sky, rain, wind & water. Some of the creative process for Sketchbook pgs comes out of designing NOAH.

(Lower) adding rainbow to giclee.

PONDERING PAGES

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year of rainfall

moving along

worked on pgs

thinking

in progress

MY SPACE

People are always curious about artist's studios. Here's mine & I love it. Table tops are spread with Sketchbook Project 2011. Furniture is mostly IKEA. High work table & ledges by my husband, Nelson, patron of the arts! Studio loft 1/2 wall overlooks great room, w/artist friend, Kathy Maghini's, collages from workshop posted 8/17.

RAINING WORDS

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year of rainfall

Finally a sense of direction. Now I'm enjoying the process.

Though still going with 40 days & 40 nights of the Genesis Flood, I decided not to add the ark into the pictures. I can't explain why except to say the creative spirit is not leading that way. So I let it go & feel right about that.

Going with rising water and descriptive words. Will write something about the Flood at the beginning or the end.

3 PAGES

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year of rainfall

painted papers & fabric...

push, place, play, position & paste it down...worked on a couple pages

STARTING TO RAIN

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year of rainfall

• layout-9 spreads day/night rain

• selected fabric-papers-pics

• cut & paste begins

I'M INTO STORYTELLING

Sketchbook Project 2011

a record year of rainfall.

Looking through Noah & the Flood collages I did a yr.+ ago. Planning.....

12 PAGES FOR RAIN

Sketchbook Project progress. More cut & paste. 12 pages ready for a record year of rainfall. Rain I painted a couple years ago. Sketchbook...mostly collage. Maybe. I'm trusting the process.

GLUEING PAGES

Sketchbook Project 2011 begins. 44 pages way too much to fill. Glueing some together-tearing some out. Down to a manageable 12.

My theme: a record year of rainfall.

Going w/raining 40 days & 40 nights imagery. Worked with this theme few yrs back. Ideas are perking. Keep you posted.

WENT BY SO FAST

was it all a dream ?

1-1 workshop with Martha Campbell.

See previous posts.

DIDN'T GET MUCH DONE!

On Skype with our art buddy, Pat Butler for 3 1/2 hours today! She saw us but we didn't see her. Pat just got back from Italy - so lots of stories & catching up. All to say... we didn't get much collaging done on day 3!

Last summer we 3 had a great creative week.

(bottom photo) We miss

you, Pat!

COLLAGING DAY 2

"Martha, you're getting it!" Designing with squares: selecting, cutting, arranging, & pasting glossy pics into pleasing composition.

Martha's sister Kathy came to create for a day & took up yesterday's design challenge creating a collage inspired by Rockport, MA photo.

Kath & Martha in the studio.

COLLAGING DAY 1

"Don't think about it so much. Just focus on the shapes"

Martha's inspired by window/flower pot photo.

Marge is inspired by fisherman shack photo.

CHOOSING A PHOTO

Marth here

for 1 to 1.

Monday challenge:

choose photo;

create collages;

simple shapes; color play

Sample of what we'll be doing:

Coastal Shed ©marge malwitz

Kolo Journal http://kolo.com/shop/products/?cat=17

PUSHING THE COLOR

On Monday Marth & I will begin working through some design problems. Simplifying shapes & pushing color will be part of the challenge. We'll be blogging about our workshop.

Another fabric collage inspired by Motif no1. © marge malwitz

TABLE TOP COLOR

Rearranged tables.

Painted papers.

Getting ready.

1 to 1 workshop w/Marth - Monday.

3 SKIFFS

photo inspires simple collage

SKIFFS

©marge malwitz

painted fabric

string

in Kolo journal

SCRAPpY MOTIF no. 1

Why does this fishing shed in Rockport, MA inspire so many artists-including me? It has the distinction of being the most

painted building in America.

Motif no. 1

©marge malwitz

collage with fabric scraps

AT MY DESK

Getting postcards cards ready to send off to Africa. Our friends will enjoy seeing the quilts I made with African fabrics.

Sketchbook came yesterday. A Moleskin Cahier Kraft Brown Cover - bottom left in photo. Smaller than expected but plenty of pages for creativity. As promised there's the bar code on the back with my name and chosen theme: A Record Year of Rainfall. What's this about? Click below.

The Rwanda Quilts:

http://www.margemalwitz.com/art_quilts/rwanda.php