Original acrylic painting on ply, framed in simple light wood float frame, ready to hang
Original acrylic painting on ply, framed in simple light wood float frame, ready to hang
30x30x0.6cm
From mid-February to Mid May 2022 I took part in The 100 Day Challenge. It is an Instagram challenge and artists take part from around the world. I love the discipline of a project and this year I decided to do 2 projects. I drew in my garden every day for a hundred days. Each drawing was in a brown paper sketchbook and I used ink and a bamboo stick cut from my garden. Colour was applied with pencil crayon.
I knew I was going to be participating in CVP again this year. CVP is an online programme run by Nick Wilton and his team from California. I wanted to have drawings ready to use as source for the panels we would be producing during the course. So the project had two goals, firstly to make sure I drew from life every day and secondly to provide inspiration for my CVP panels.
We have had a very wet summer and autumn in SE Queensland. The result of back to back La Nina events. FOr many days I could only draw from my veranda sheltering from the rain. This made me get creative and explore viewpoints from a limited area. On the days I did get into the garden I didn't go far so the work was in a small area. We live on 10 acres and have a very large garden but I kept things quite domestic.
This series " Round and Round" is based on the drawings of my Garden and was made during CVP 22. As a child, I loved " round and round the garden", it reminds me of my Dad and Grandad, and I sang it to my kids too. So it seemed the best title for the series. I drew, round and round the garden and the painting process during wet soggy days seemed to go round and round too.