It's Labor Day here in the USA which is a holiday for some reason. LOL !! I know the reason it says it is celebrated and that is no little thing exactly, but how it became a paid holiday, I'm not quite sure. Still...I shant complain about having a day off of work and being paid for it, whatever the reason. I've never had any traditions about special ways to celebrate it.
I made this piece of art a couple of nights ago. The intention was to have a large painted area that was only paint and some collage papers randomly glued around the painted area. How much space or what part of the space the collage papers took up was left to randomness, so while I was in the moment, you can see the area I ended up choosing to collage. When I got it that far, I found I wasn't quite happy with the "just painted" area. I had originally had small hints of dark magenta peaking through the dark blue. Something just wasn't right about it to my eyes, so I took some lighter blue paint and smidged it around over the darker blue, mostly covering the magenta. Still.... I wasn't happy, so I decided to look through my "doors and windows" packet that I had previously cut out of some books and magazines. I wasn't sure what I was looking for. I came across this large door that was nearly the same color as my blue paint was. It was a much longer piece than you see here as the door was very tall and a more complete version of a door. As I was flipping through the packet I took it out to possibly consider, but really not thinking it would work. In the end though, I liked it and so I cut it off to fit in the painted area and glued it on. It wasn't at all in my original plan, but somehow I really like how it turned out.
Last night I made this one. I didn't have a real plan in mind except that there was going to be a big number on it somewhere and would have a lot of teal, blue or aqua in the background. I met both those expectations. 😂 It was quite fun to make and I liked how it turned out. After all the paint went on, the lavender'ish triangle to the left of the three was the only surface collage paper on it and the last thing I added to finish.
The 3 piece still had a lot of paper involved. I had covered the top completely with random papers before adding the paint and had also put some random pieces on the sides since it is a wrapped canvas surface. I painted and minimally decorated each side, top and bottom so they would look nice if hung on a wall. It was fun to make.
I added this just for the fun of it. I was doodling around one night when I wasn't sure what I wanted to start next. I don't consider it a valid finished piece and I'm not sure I will do anything else with it, but it was fun to me that if I looked at it just right, it seemed to have depth, so be careful you don't trip and fall down in there. Maybe I should have put up some rails. 😄
I noticed the last two evenings, just as the sun was starting down behind the trees that the fall shadows are just beginning, meaning the sun has started it's fall move in the sky. I always enjoy the spring and fall shadows as the sun comes in my windows at more of a slant and in the fall, when there is a breeze, the shadows of the blowing leaves dance on the walls. I really love that.
Normally our August is the most solid, blistering hot month we have here. This year, although it was plenty hot some days, other days it was not so blistering as if autumn was trying to sneak it's way in early. I am curious what the next few months will bring as the weather goes.
