How to create Wild Women Art? Instagram #wildwomen

Here are the new paintings in progress based on animals and nature and linked to the month's of the year.

Do you have an affinity with a particular animal? 

A creature from your childhood? 

A bird, insect or mammal that appears when you are alone with nature?  

Timid Miss March with hare features.

What characteristics do these totem animals hold? 

What messages do they bring?

 They don't always emerge all at once.  I glimpse the nose or ears and as they grow confident they appear.

Miss February, Hedghog with ivy and berries.

As the year turns these Wild Women appear in the most extraordinary ways.

Miss January, Wolf, a new year, pregnant with possibilities.

To make your own wild woman...

Take a moment in nature to ponder these questions.

Which animal totem speaks to you?

What features do you notice first?  

Go with those.

Start your drawing focusing on those areas.

What plants and foliage are your favourites?

How can you include these? As a tattoo, garland, jewellery.

If there is something you struggle drawing don't include it (notice above... gloved or no hands!)

or recycle magazine images or study the images you want to include.

I'd love to see what your create. Please share your creations on Instagram #wildwomen.

P.S. Tuesday - Just found this VISUAL QUEST by artist and writer Pixie Campbell

It sounds an amazing way to develop creative processes linked to animal totems. 

Disney Art Inspiration February

February whizzed by in a blur! We had a taste of Summer in Florida and was able to research ideas for our children's festival cafe, if you want great service it is the place to go.  

The Disney parades were inspirational and I came away with so many ideas for future art workshops.

Patterns - Colour  - Detail

Look at those legs!

Disney's It's a Small World was designed by artist Mary Blair, and her designs have inspired me to add my interpretation of her designs to the cafe tents.

Travelling gave me time to doodle in my notebook...

...and has inspired a new series of paintings called Wild Women. More news on these very soon.

January Artist - Hundertwasser

That moment when you are happily going along and suddenly WOW, you discover an artist that blows your mind. One that has been there your whole life and only NOW you have discovered them.

Hundertwasser has done that this month.

Trees on the rooftops.

Beautiful architecture.

We explored hot and cold colours to create the first step of our own Hundertwasser art pieces.

 

Who couldn't love an artist who had amazing vision and changed his name to

Friedensreich Regentagand Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser

"Peace-Kingdom Rainy Day Darkly Multi-coloured Hundred-Water"

Just need to decide on a new name for myself - What about Indigo Igo?

What would your name be?