Friday 8 July 2011

More beaker moments... Look what I did!

Aha my students, I am glad you are here once again for I have many experiments to share with you. Pull up a bunsen burner and gather round the petri dish - making sure to wear goggles and button up your lab coat, for it's likely you'll get paint splashed!

Reader, I have been missing art so much this week. It has been another of those busy ones where the day job, while incredibly creative, did wear me out a tad.




So last night I had to get messy. I had to dribble and splat, squash and flick, stick and scumble and just make mess. I'm experimenting with Amelia Critchlow. It seems we're almost making art by accident - not for us the measured application of brush to a carefully considered composition. No, we are letting loose with everything from tea bags to toe nails (well, maybe not the latter... yet!). We are seeing what happens if.... and when.... and let's just mix this with that and squash it flat.



I'm storing away the results in the crazy filing system that is the right side of my brain (and also on my Flickr stream), ready to pull them out and use when the occasion arises.



Sharing today with the Paint Friday Party-goers! Pop over and join in the fun (and see who has got the most paint still down their fingernails).

PS: Did I mention that I am wildly excited about these creations? Experimenting is so free and liberating. I feel so much better :)

33 comments:

  1. Lovely experiments!!! Can't wait to see where this takes you :0) Loving the bright colours :0)

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  2. I just read on someone elses blog that you are going to see Take That tomorrow!!! Have a lovely time I am very jealous. Growing up in Wales at the beginning of Take That mania in the 90s I spent many hours dancing round my living room to their music heheheh. I saw them once in Bristol on their first big tour I was 15!! Ah them were the days!!! ;0)

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  3. Wow! These are marvelous! And I can see you're enjoying yourself very much. :)

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  4. They are really good experiment, I like the first and last test .... is rich with different elements .... Saludos

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  5. I can see why your are excited about them! They are phenomenal! I LOVE them! All so beautiful, vibrant, charged with action, movement and mystery!! Can't wait to see more! Happy ppf!

    Hugs Giggles

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  6. Oh I love these - I see so many things in them. Jelly fish, hot pick neon tattoos, undersea fantasy. Love the woman in the last one!! No art is an accident - you know like that old painter guy on PBS used to say 'A Happy Accident' and you turn it into something unexpected - what was his name? Anyway great stuff and so much fun!!

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  7. Really love that last image in particular.

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  8. How wonderful! Love the color combos, textures and shapes you've created. Will have to check out the link you shared. Happy PPF and Happy experimenting!

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  9. oh I am loving your experiments Lisa....these colours are fantastic!!! and the textures are very beautiful too!!!

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  10. Oh wow Lisa!! I am so loving these!!! The colors, textures are amazing and I love the girl too. . . like she is lost in her own colorful world!

    Glad you enjoyed the process and feel better! :)

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  11. Oooh!!! Sooo cool. Do more! (in your spare time)

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  12. Oh I love all the colors, these look like so much fun.

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  13. Hi Lisa. Your experiments are just awesome. A lot of beautiful color and I love the girl standing there in the middle of it all. Excellent!! Happy PPF!

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  14. I couldn't agree more about experimenting! What a lovely mess! I love it.. Feels good to be so liberating in art. Happy PPF!

    Elisa
    http://harmonythoughts.com/

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  15. Love the splish splash splosh approach....great effect...I do this with my kids at school...we get really messy...oh la la. Thanks for popping by...and yuck.. I didn't know that gory detail about Madame Tussaud and her heads...oowww, bet there was alot of splish splash splosh with that..

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  16. Yay Lisa...and wow..another super gorgeous creation..such a color-rush which i LOVE....I love visiting your realm...you are awesome..this was magical...shine on!

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  17. Interesting! What beautiful paintings!

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  18. Experimenting is indeed great and that looks like so much fun! Plus beautiful and compelling to boot!

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  19. This looks like SO much fun! I think we all need more moments of unplanned artistic endeavors! Happy PPF!

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  20. Wow I love these! Experimenting is so much fun!

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  21. Just fabulous creative play... what great results!

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  22. these are nice! very abstract.

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  23. Terrific experiments and lovely sloshing fun. Loving the way you have displayed the last piece. Happy PPF, Annette x

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  24. Hooray for your experimentation! It is so beautiful to watch... I'll keep my eyes out for the toenails! ha!

    xo
    Kristin

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  25. Love these pictures Lisa - the colours are gorgeous, I particularly like the last image of the girl, she looks so at home in bubbles of colour x

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  26. Okay, I love this first of all. Secondly, I think it's just what the doctor has ordered for me to kick start some creativity. Me thinks I will have a go at flicking paint! Thanks for stopping by to visit me for PPF. :-)

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  27. I love these, I beta ton of fun you had creating them.

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  28. how fun! The blue and pink one reminds me of a sea fan or coral or something. Love the one with the lady. Happy PPF!

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  29. Those experimental art-by-accident pieces look absolutely stunning. I'm drawn to all the brilliant reds. Smashing!

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  30. Dripping paints is such great fun to work with. Loving your color palette. :)

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  31. I love what you're doing with the water and paint! Very nice texture :)

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  32. totally original and beautiful!!

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