http://www.workingartiststudios.com/index.htmlAbout art and living the artists life....enbarrymac@mail.ieCopyright 2008 Barry McCullough2008-12-21T15:54:39+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:10:03 +0000barrymac@mail.ieSculpture2008-12-21T15:54:39+00:00http://www.workingartiststudios.com/barrys_news_files/adbff9f8068588d506f2c413bae329e2-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.workingartiststudios.com/barrys_news_files/adbff9f8068588d506f2c413bae329e2-2.html#unique-entry-id-2I was thinking some of the paintings I've done recently could look great on display plates and bowls.

So I decided to make about ten laminated items to try out my ideas. Sure takes a lot of work as I add strips of paper one layer at a time on each item, then I have to wait for it to dry between applying more layers. So it's going to be around 8 days to the start of the finishing - the fun bit!

If I'm happy with the results I intend to make a series of these hand made plates and bowls in 2009.

Here's a pic of one of the paintings I did recently which has inspired this experiment. I'll post more news up with details of my first result as soon as it's finished.

Barry

]]>barrymac@mail.ieNews2008-12-05T13:59:56+00:00http://www.workingartiststudios.com/barrys_news_files/b6b8953a022f2ceaf2dbd5ac086666f7-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.workingartiststudios.com/barrys_news_files/b6b8953a022f2ceaf2dbd5ac086666f7-1.html#unique-entry-id-1The December 2008 issue of Sketching Adventures Newsletter is now available online and in printed format. You can get your printed version by calling into Working Artists Studios ( our location ). The online version can be requested from my www.sketchingadventures.com web site. Yes it's free, gratis.

It contains News and Articles. The two articles in this current issue are:

• How can I increase my Sketching speed?
• The most important thing about art is to 'just turn up'.

Sketching Adventures Newsletter will be published every 6 weeks. The next publication is 14th of January 2009.]]>barrymac@mail.ieJournal2008-11-28T11:27:21+00:00http://www.workingartiststudios.com/barrys_news_files/ae979f6d585121953c6d41ca6a25ece4-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.workingartiststudios.com/barrys_news_files/ae979f6d585121953c6d41ca6a25ece4-0.html#unique-entry-id-0Over the last 6 months or so I've been working on larger paintings, mostly around 125 cms square. You can see some of them here www.crimsonsalamander.com (they are the first 5 or 6 on display). I'm now focusing my efforts on smaller works.

Spent some time this week looking out some of the many drawings and sketches. As a group, we have set aside one of our three galleries to display all of our smaller works. It's been dubbed the Drawing Room. It's great because the plan is we will keep adding to this gallery bit by bit, as opposed to our other galleries which require a complete rehanging on a regular basis.

This means we now have a gallery with loads of ever evolving work on display, which makes it more interesting for our visitors. All work in this gallery is small and easy to afford, which can only be good news for everyone. So come along and have a look.

Meanwhile it's out with the paints for me.

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