Inspire Me Thursday - Senseless Art
Last Thursday's inspirational challenge was to create art by purposefully avoiding the use of our five senses...a tough one, indeed! This took me all week to do, as I worked on it here and there between other things...and here's how it happened:
Vision - I usually have a very clear idea of what I want to draw or paint, and I spend many hours visualizing it in my head. I picture what supplies I'll use, and I even imagine myself in the process of creating. When I do sit down to create something, I have a plan and I build from that. This time I had no picture in my mind, and my words to Jol after dinner last Thursday were something like... "I'm just going downstairs to slap some gesso on a canvas." From there, I started playing with colors and textures by pulling out random tubes of paint, trying different stamps, smearing with a sponge, and so on. When I felt done with the background, I just put it away, returning over the week to do different things as they happened.
Touch and Hearing - I avoided having any desired outcome, so I felt free to mess around with different materials. I decided that I didn't really care what I ended up with; I was just playing. I have to admit that I had to work on the inner critic a bit; it's hard to avoid that voice, especially since I worked without background music.
Taste and Smell - Hmmm...well, I wasn't eating and I wasn't thinking much about smelling anything. I was just concentrating on not concentrating!
So, do I like what I ended up with? I'm not sure.... To be honest, I prefer to have the pleasure of the thought process that comes before creating, and I love the energy I have when I am conscious of my choices and my senses. Nonetheless, this was a cool challenge that stretched me in another way. Thanks, Misty and Melanie!
posted by carla at 9:16 PM
35 Comments:
Carla,
I like the red and green tones you used and how they work together.
Thanks for sharing this, I find it so helpful to hear about the process, and thinking.
I really enjoy reading about other people's process, it helps me understand myself better as well.
Carla, very cool as usual dear. I love the colors you chose. Great job on this weeks theme, it was hard for me too.
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You know what? This does'nt seem 'senseless' to me at all. Kinda brings to mind a cool evening/ sunset or dusk in a praire somewhere! So it actually makes sense to me!
Hmm.
:) Nice job.
I love the textures you have created in the artwork. Is it a multi-media peice? I love the sky and the textures in the tree. I like the idea of trying to shut down your senses - Now if I could only stop that negative chatter in my head when I create...LOL
Great job as always
Beautiful - as always!!! Love the tattoo one too!!
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This sounds like a difficult challenge.
The result is a great piece. I like the tree with the cute little leaves, but I especially love the peach sky with the cute little stars!
Where do you find the time for another weekly art challenge? I'm glad you do, as I like seeing more and different styles of your artwork. This piece has such a cheerful feeling to it. I also enjoy reading about your process. I do a lot of thinking (maybe too much) and also research before I start any piece....is this a large piece that you photographed or a small one that you scanned?
Yeah, this is a much different challenge as opposed to Illustration Friday. Regardless, you've got some great results here. I'll have to try this idea sometime.
This challenge has pushed you into a different space hasn't it! I love exploration that pushes the boundaries and I really admire how to rose to this one.
I also like doing IMT challenges... makes me think :-)
Love the colors on this one... and also the composition - how the two big stars balance everything in the piece.
Wow! This turned out beautiful. Lovely colors! I feel like mine looks like childs play. I too enjoy the whole process of using my senses when creating. Keeps me a lot more sane anyway.
amen,carla!
i love your senseless art!
denise
Awesome response to the challenge! I think it takes courage for all of us to create in response to these challenges....and they are often quite difficult. You created something that not only was a response to the challenge, but is a delight to look at as well!
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This is another of your personal best in my humble opinion, and I love it, madly!
As for myself? Such an artwork can surely be created using none of the 5 senses, but, I think, it couldn't exist in the physical world. It would have to be next to nothing at all - a purely conceptual piece that no one will ever see but me, existing in the mind alone. Sadly, that means there can be no post, no comments, no nuttin'!!! :D
AMAZING!!!!!!
actually, it is difficult for me to do the challenge this week so i decided to skip.
your artwork is fabulous. the colors blended well and very lively. i like the tree a lot-the leaves were so unique. and the stars gosh-it glows in its green colors and giving light to the flowers and plants.
Carla, this is beautiful! Loved it!
Loved the colors, the composition, the texture...everything.
i love it! it looks like such a fun piece. and i think i see something lurking around by the tree - is it a miniature elephant? ;-)
I quite like the way this turned out--a departure from what you often do. I especially like the texture of the grasses and their color. Also the leaves make me want to finger each one--quite facinating. My favorite part though is reading about your process.
just gorgeous.
you are an amazing artist.
I love it! it's very light, cheerful, flowing and happy!
Nice piece. Love the simplicity of the tree, and the thoughtfulness with which you write your explanations. You must be a great teacher!
Hi, glad you liked my feet illustration, your work is amazing!
What a hard challenge. Usually we try to involve all senses both in making Art and writing. I don't know whethere no sense is involved, but I like what you painted.
Carla, you may not have used your senses to produce this work but I can assure you that it stirs every one of my senses and makes me feel very good!
A beautiful image, a dreamlike place, like a warm, late afternoon summer sunset.
i love the amazing colours, and the detail.
GORGEOUS! Simply gorgeous!
THis is stunning!! Great work!
i love this - the colors are so warm and the texture is great plus ask anyone who knows me and they'll agree that i have a strange attraction to trees and stars ^_^
Great artwork, really like this picture. I think the flat perspective works in this style.
i love the texture and colors of the sky, tree and leaves. this is gorgeous!
expressed with words full of depth that open the door wide enough to fall in and feel ones senses without a scratch..delicious!
Haven't been doing a lot of surfing lately, so I am a little behind on this comment!
Hey, I do believe the use of the senses is vital to create something of real integrity. Why do a piece of art if you can't see, feel, touch...but all in all it broadened my awareness. At least you have a piece that is pretty, colorful.
I keep coming back to this piece Carla and lingering on it, becasue it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy ... it's the color palette especially .. you know how much I love these clours .... :)
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