Figure at a Table

Figure at a Table:

by Anne Redpath, who died on January 7, 1965.  In this 30-minute documentary:

Actor and writer Michael Palin travels to the French Riviera in search of the Mediterranean view on his wall captured by his favourite artist- Scottish painter Anne Redpath. His journey takes him from a London bank to Edinburgh -via a millionaire's chateau in Cap Ferrat and a Carthusian monastery.

I'm linking this post at the T Stands for Tuesday blogger gathering, where you'd be welcome to join us by sharing a post with a drink in it.

In this new year I'm trying to participate in some kind of regular art activity and thought I'd share my efforts on Tuesdays since most of the T Tuesday people are creative and artistic and might have some reflections on my beginning attempts. I've subscribed to a Youtube channel that offers a "Pick A Stick Challenge" -this is their January challenge:

This is my interpretation:

Because the color is white it's hard to see, but I placed a toothpick under this grimy bit of paper napkin. Then I tore a piece left over from making the ATC base card and glued it diagonally across the top. I'll be learning a new vocabulary, I can tell that already, because I had to look up what "reduction" meant in an artistic sense. I'm still not clear on that.

I thought I'd try the Geometric Shapes prompt at Art Journal Journey  and using a 5x8 index card as a base I created a soccer field:

Moo-Mania had a fish theme, and I made this Gone Fishin' ATC to go along with that one:

I cut out a section of a magazine photo for the background. The sun is made from a scrap of yellow index card, the fish is cut from an empty tissue box, the fishing pole is the end of a toothpick, and the fishing line is yellow thread.

I like the low-key nature of these challenges, and I look forward to stepping out of my comfort zone during the coming year.