the idea: throw some yellow on it Sometimes ideas are big and grand, sometimes they’re sweet and child-like, and sometimes they’re just too the point. For example, what should I do now? Oh, I know! Throw some yellow paint on it!
the idea: make a sculpture out of my students’ leftover impasto paint As an art instructor, I see way too art materials being thrown away. Usually there’s nothing I can do about this, I’m working after all. But every once in a while I make something instead. Earlier this week I was teaching a class …
the idea: use the collected paint at the bottom of the dirty paint jar I started doing this in college when I noticed the ever-remarkable occurrence of settling paint. See, normally I use to glass jars for my paint thinner. One is more-or-less clean and that’s where I rinse my brushes while the other is the …
the idea: use spray gesso on a knitted canvas with a lace pattern This is actually an idea that I did a while ago. It took up a lot of space in my studio and in the end didn’t actually work. The spray just wasn’t thick enough to make the knitting into something solid and paintable. …
the idea: paint a cup like a rainbow paint can This is an older idea that came from one of many days spent bored while working at a paint your own pottery shop. On the outside there’s a sponge technique of the color wheels and on the inside, as you can see, are drips and splatters. …
the (dated) idea: take a regular jean jacket, fit it, and paint it. today’s idea: photograph the painted jacket I made in college I was actually about to type up a different idea and I was looking for what I needed to photograph that idea when I stumbled across my painted jacket. I used to wear this all …
the idea: paint a hat that I crocheted a long time ago I am not a crocheter. I also do not like to use patterns. For these to reasons the two hats that I ever crocheted were perhaps big enough to fit a two year old. Probably more like a baby doll. And yet, though …
the idea: paint doodles on a lamp This lamp has actually been acting as an important part of my room for a while now. I made it a little over half a year ago when I was still working at a paint-your-own pottery shop. The random pieces I did there to keep me occupied also …
the idea: paint my guitar case I’ve been doing a lot lately. Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something is underway, the Idea Can is going strong, I’ve been getting myself out into the world, and reading my way through a bookshelf full of books on creativity. I love it, I love all of it. The …