A drawing a day

Feb. 21 Nearly weaving in spite of myself

Betsy Lahaussois — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:05:32 +0000

Once a weaver always a weaver, with or without the warps and wefts…(I can’t resist that penmanship!)

I like the 3D effect, though it does NOT photograph well with a scanner (which allows for no depth of field), so back to iPhone snapshots for this one.

Feb. 20 Italian imagery!

Betsy Lahaussois — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:44:51 +0000

Feb. 19

Betsy Lahaussois — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:44:30 +0000

Another one that evolved on its own without any decisive shove from me, and which remains “senza titolo”. It has an encaustic painting sort of surface, which interests me, having gone to an inconclusive (for me) encaustic workshop in November. Maybe I should have another look at wax!

Feb. 18 That beautiful old-fashioned penmanship

Betsy Lahaussois — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:24:09 +0000

I didn’t feel the added detail of warp and weft was even necessary, given the elegance of this handwritten document. Just glue, and two sizes of strips (imagine being a two-shredder family!)

And what do you know, I had an 1898 issue of “Lecture pour Tous” from a French street sale, featuring fashion from the previous generation. That makes the hairstyles on these tiny heads exactly contemporary with the document, a last will and testament written in 1874!

Feb. 17

Betsy Lahaussois — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:32:22 +0000

I have a new shredder! I have a stack of handwritten documents in 19th century penmanship…it looks as if weaving is back for a while.

Feb. 16: The art of getting lost

Betsy Lahaussois — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:52:05 +0000

Maps befuddle me! I really like the way they look, but I can’t equate their information with what I am supposed to do about it. Now that I have GPS to lead me home, I can just feed our maps to the shredder, and redesign the countryside as I see fit!

Feb. 15

Betsy Lahaussois — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:48:28 +0000

Feb. 14

Betsy Lahaussois — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:40:09 +0000

Not Valentines, but more carciofi, at least as a starting point… It is fine with me when these things take off in their own direction, supporting the Improv saying that “there is always something in the box”! (Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up) Dare we believe it?

Feb. 13

Betsy Lahaussois — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:44:59 +0000

Another monoprint base, with lattice strips and looser strokes glued in successive layers…

Feb.12

Betsy Lahaussois — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:16:33 +0000

An old monoprint landscape recycled into a paper “mosaic”…it will be interesting to see how well white glue adheres to oil based paint!