Studio Red: daily do & draw 4/10

Dear Studio Red,

Today is Friday!  Our do & draw will bring you outside again.  Outside you will be creating.  Have fun!

Love, Lauri and Emily

daily do & draw

DO

How will you create something beautiful for passersby?

ABOVE:  Goldsworthy is an artist that sculpts from nature.  You may recognize the piece he has on display at deCordova.  What natural objects do you see?  How has he reorganized them to create new beauty? 

As we spend more time at home with our families, we look for new ways to connect with others.  Today we invite you to connect with the people who pass through the same places you do.  These passersby may be people you know or they may be strangers. Your challenge is to create something beautiful outside that will live there for awhile.  You will need to find a place to create beauty and gather materials you find outdoors.  Simply moving objects around and placing them in a new formation can send a message to others that you have been there.

BELOW:  A cairn is a man-made pile of stones.  You may have seen one before hiking through the woods or on the seashore.  People all over the world use them to mark trails.  They become landmarks.  Others simply make them to be beautiful.  You will notice their size can range from very small to very big!

LEFT:  You may be inspired to connect with our mandala research.  How can you create a circular design, a circular pattern, with the natural objects you find outside?

DRAW

What will your work look like as a drawing?

Today we will draw from observation.  That means we will be drawing what we see.   We wonder what your beautiful creation will look like as a drawing.  Bring your sketchbook outside with you or examine your work from a photograph.  Take a few minutes just to look at what you created.  What lines and shapes do you see?  What colors did you notice?  As you begin, you may do just what Charlie Schubert did when he drew and painted the snake with with watercolors.  He would look closely and make a few marks and then he would pause to look again.  It’s like a pattern!  Look – Draw – Look – Draw – Look – Draw!