Three selections on the Grid theme from my 2013 sketchbook.
Sketchbook cover, mixed media and found paper collage
Polka Dot Grid, ink on paper
Photo collage, one-inch photo cutouts and found objects
This last one is a product of a photo reference purge in my Oklahoma City studio. I chose my favorite photos, then chose my favorite square inch from each of those.
Expect more sketchbook selections here on the Blog, and later, up in the Images section of the site.
Collage sketch, 2013.01.22
Sketchbook: Collage Sketch for Sick at Xmas. Mixed media on paper, 2011 by Sarah Atlee.
The finished painting:
Sick at Xmas. Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 17 inches, 2011 by Sarah Atlee.
I tend to feel poorly during holidays and vacations. It's as though my body notices that I'm relaxing and concludes that I have time to focus on my sinuses or whatever. My mother and I think it's a family trait.
Much of the preparatory work for my 2011 show Figure and Ground was done during and shortly after Christmas 2010. While I was sick. Take that, sickness! Oh, snap.
This is the cover from a notebook I used in a graduate seminar at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Can a notebook cover be a work of art? Heck, why not? Decorating mundane objects from daily life differentiates them from one another, plus it's something to do.
I'm no Lisa Frank, but seeing this collage does bring back fond memories of my time at RIT.
Mellifluous Moue sketch & mask collage, mixed media sketchbook pages, 2009 by Sarah Atlee. Some rights reserved.
Collage sketch for Mellifluous Moue, Patron Saint of Vocabulary.
Here’s the final drawing:
