12 + 12, 12 x 12’s- #24 of 24, ‘Post Expiration Date Blues’, The Worksheet

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♪ Oh this worksheet I manage to construct,

Arranging shapes with thought and luck

Connecting everything to a can of soup

As awful odors knock you for a loop ♪

♪ Even after the paintings first stokes are started

Questions of placement and a few items departed

With an eraser several selections require a tweak

Those final results I will show you next week ♪

♫ Chorus

Them’s Post Expiration Date Blues

Checking the month, day, and year should be duly noted

Oh Them’s Post Expiration Date Blues

Aptly suggest that the can might be bloated ♫

‘Post Expiration Date Blues’

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12 + 12, 12 x 12’s- #23 of 24, ‘A Bridge in Time’, The Worksheet

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Project: 12 + 12, 12 x 12’s #23 of 24

Title-’A Bridge in Time’

Second sequenced post, ‘The Worksheet’.

Using ‘Doodle’ #3 (you can scroll back to the Oct. 8 post to see the ’Doodles’ used for the worksheet) for the main design, I was faced with three downward projections/columns. As the worksheet design developed, each downward column became a wide block that screamed for some type of design to fill it. To the left-added the rectangles, triangles filtered into the right one, and for the center I chose a grouping of random hieroglyphics type shapes.

Now time for transfer to a board and paint.

Next Monday the ‘Finished Painting’

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12 + 12, 12 x 12’s- #22 of 24, ‘Day in the Park’, The Worksheet

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Project: 12 + 12, 12 x 12’s #22 of 24

Title-’Day in the Park’

Second sequenced post, ‘The Worksheet’.

As the Worksheet developed, I found that I was able to incorporate two additional ’doodle’ selections made by Carole. If you’re following these sequenced posts and refer back to last weeks ’First sequenced Doodle’ post, the primary design is based on doodle #2 and the two additional doodles added are #5 and #4. I was also able, in the top left corner, to find a place for a reduced version of Carole’s original selection, doodle #1.

Next Monday: ‘The Finished Painting’

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12 + 12, 12 x 12’s-‘The Connection’, The Worksheet #21

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Project: 12 + 12, 12 x 12’s #21 of 24

Title-’The Connection’

Second sequenced post, ‘The Worksheet’

I mentioned in last weeks ‘Doodle’ posting that there was a particular design issue confronting me. On ‘doodle’ #1, there were seven receding layers (shapes) that I wanted rework to get just three layers. Shown to the left on this worksheet is that solution. Three layers but I managed to give the appearance of more layers by connecting some of the shapes rather than them all overlapping each other.

Next Monday the ‘Finished Painting’

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12 + 12, 12 x 12’s-‘A Leap of Faith’, #20 The Finished Painting

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Project: 12 + 12, 12 x 12’s #20 of 24

Title-’A Leap of Faith’

Third sequenced post, ‘The Finished Painting’.

For all the initial changes in the Doodle and worksheet phrase, this is the end result.

Next Monday the ‘#21, the Doodle’

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12 + 12, 12 x 12’s-‘A Leap of Faith’, The Worksheet #20

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Project: 12 + 12, 12 x 12’s #20

Title-’A Leap of Faith’

Second sequenced post, ‘The Worksheet’.

Lots of erasing, deleting and replacing a ‘doodle’, and more erasing, and even a little more erasing, to finally get an image on the worksheet I would be satisfied with. Now for transferring the line work onto the Gesso prepped board and making color choices.

Next Monday the ‘Finished Painting’

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12 + 12, 12 x 12’s-‘A Leap of Faith’, The Doodle #20

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Project: 12 + 12, 12 x 12’s #20

Title-’A Leap of Faith’

First sequenced post, ‘The Doodle’.

From the + 12 portion of this project, these ‘Doodles’ were selected by a fellow artist and good friend, Susan.

A selection of twists and turns. I chose Doodle #1 and realized that I needed an additional selection to make it fit the 12 x 12 inch format. I choose Doodle #2 and rotated it 90 degrees so the side labeled ‘b1’ was positioned to the bottom of the page along with a few alterations. After many attempts to make it work, I dropped Doodle #1, rotated #2 another 90 degrees, so ‘b2’ was now (with additional alteration) towards the bottom of the page. I then added Doodle #3 to the right side of it.

Head spinning yet??

The results to be seen in the Worksheet.

Next Monday the ‘Worksheet’

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12 + 12, 12 x 12’s-‘Contemplating Flight’, The Finished Painting #19

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Project: 12 + 12, 12 x 12’s #19

Title-’Contemplating Flight’

Third sequenced post, ‘The Finished Painting’.

As mentioned in the ‘Worksheet’ text last Monday, there was a fair amount of work to creating the layout. The painting posed similar issues, particularly the expanding shapes to the right side. The first attempt was not pleasing and was repainted, the posted worksheet reflected that second design attempt. Still not satisfied, several sections (closer to the upper and lower box) were repainted twice more till I found a configuration/placement I could live with. This painting also became a transitional piece in this project that effected the next four 12 + 12 paintings. More on that next Monday.

Next Monday, the start of the next Painting in the ‘12 + 12 Project’.

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12 + 12, 12 x 12’s-‘Contemplating Flight’, The Worksheet #19

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Project: 12 + 12, 12 x 12’s #19

Title-’Contemplating Flight’

Second sequenced post, ‘The Worksheet’.

Besides the first attempt to work a complete painting with just the Birds on the leaves, I made several succeeding attempts combining the two selected ’Doodles’ from Deborah. I opted for developing this ’Worksheet’ layout. A very different layout configuration than I have done before, but I had to take in consideration that this was part of the creative equation of this project anyhow. We’ll see how this works as a painting.

For those new viewers to this 12 + 12, 12 x 12’s project, a short synopsis. 24 paintings total, all 12” x 12”s. Twelve of the 24 paintings are developed from ’Doodles’ selected by yours truly from my sketchbooks. The +12 portion of the project, is that I handed out my sketchbooks to 12 friends/artists I choose and they in turn selected a few ’Doodles’ that I had to develop a finished painting from.

Next Monday the ‘Finished painting’

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12 + 12, 12 x 12’s-‘Pondering’, The Finished Painting #18

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Project: 12 + 12, 12 x 12’s #18

Title-’Pondering’

Third sequenced post, ‘The Finished Painting’.

As I mentioned in the ‘Worksheet’ post, there was a change made to the leaf that prompted the ‘Pondering’ title. In the painting, I switched the leaf from curling/pointing away (depicted in the worksheet) to having it point inward, which is the proper direction of the ‘fingers’ if resting the chin on a hand. I know, picky, picky, but really, a sense of logic must prevail. Lol.

Next Monday, the start of the next Painting in the ‘12 + 12 Project’.