Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: February Collage

 

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Here is my Darby calendar collage for the month of February.  This one was less of a struggle than January's collage.  It helped to sketch an idea first…

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It also helped to look at a masterpiece.   I printed out Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles, 1888, and referred to it often…

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I also discovered that Van Gogh was much more methodical than is often assumed.  Here are two sketches of Bedroom in Arles.  One sent to his brother Theo…

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And this one sent to his friend and fellow artist Paul Gaugin…

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The other piece I printed out was this Romare Bearden collage.  I don't know the name of it.  I kept coming back to his blocks of color…

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Now, on to March.  I think it's going to be about Darby in the miner's lettuce

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Comments

7 responses to “Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: February Collage”

  1. christine Avatar

    So great! You are on quite the roll. Can’t wait to see the future months’ collages!
    This project of yours is inspiring me. Collage has always scared me; I don’t know why. I signed up to do The Sketchbook Project, with the intention of filling my book with collages, in an effort to get over my hangup. I freaked myself out so much, however, that the project deadline is long past, and I have an empty sketchbook sitting here. How lame! I will conquer my collage fear one of these days…
    …Until then, I will just marvel at yours. Keep up the lovely work!

  2. superheidi Avatar

    like your progress, inspiration and new idea! (sorry for the first error post.)

  3. Debbie Avatar
    Debbie

    Moira – Love the end result!! Nice work!

  4. Moira McLaughlin Avatar

    Thanks, Heidi. Seriously, you go the ball rolling for me.
    : )
    Moira

  5. Moira McLaughlin Avatar

    Christine – Collage scares me too. I have no idea what I am doing and think everyone does it better. I have the same issues with sketchbooks too. And so does this artist Danielle Krysa, aka the Jealous Curator. She writes about her fears and how she conquered them here…
    http://www.krysa.com/inprogress/2010/01/05/sketchbook-summer-09/
    Keep going with your painting project. And reserve the right to try new things…that scare you.
    Thanks for commenting : )

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