Tuesday Technique'N: Freedom Wall

I've been wanting to work big.

I've been wanting to work standing up.

I've been wanting to experiment with

tools

products

techniques

materials

ideas.

I've been wanting to unleash!

And there's this blank wall in my studio, see ...

Hideous.

Definitely underutilized.

Makeover required!

Plastic painter's tarp, $2.99.

Push pins - pack of 100, $1.19 at WalMart!

Creation of Freedom Wall? 

PRICELESS!

My Studio Inspector, inspecting.

Up to code except

a) I've reduced her places to perch by one

(top of filing cabinet covered)

= violation big! 

 and

b) How is she to mosey across

or plunk her "I'm Here" heinie down

for a nap in the middle of projects

if they're suspended mid-air?

= violation extreme!

Permit Pending.

99-cent store pack of poster board.

Push pins, continued.

The photos,

above, feel like

Kansas before the Tornado,

don't they? 

Blah, bland, boring!

WE NEED COLOR, TOTO!  er, Zoe!

Gesso, 

leftover paints from 

cheezo acrylic paint bottles,

one dash of orange sherbet fabric paint,

brushes,

foamies.

PLAY TIME!

A little gesso here,

scrub-a-paint-dub there,

dash, dip, impress foamies.

Whatever I felt like, I did.

Just setting the base, here,

not committing to anything!

But this Detail?

I'm committed to that.

Whenever I entered my studio over the weekend,

I cupped chin in hand,

I pondered,

I consulted with my Studio Inspector,

and I added something.

Or some THINGS.

Detail.

Fun rotation of

papers, products, &

tools.

Truly an opportunity

to pull everything out

& experiment!!

Stencils, tissue paper,

silhouettes,

paint.

Detail.

Both photos are mine

(the pottery, the statues).

Postage stamps from my collection.

Rubber stamps.

Stencils.

Paper scrap.

A favorite silhouette.

More products to play with.

Blurry detail --

but see packing tape photo transfer?

Monk in orange robes,

carrying an umbrella?

& white oil pastel to

highlight some of the circles.

Yummy.

Another detail. 

Zoe said she feels like

she got trapped inside a lava lamp,

looking at this one.

Furry wench.

The point is:

PLAY

The point is:

EXPERIMENT

The point is:

USE STUFF YOU'VE BEEN AFRAID OF.

The point is:

USE STUFF YOU'VE BEEN COLLECTING,

bits, pieces, odds, ends.

The point is:

BE FREE!

It IS a freedom wall, after all.

Reminder:

if you hate something,

a corner,

a color combination,

a runaway drip,

you can gesso, color,

paint, paper over it

and start again.

In the words of

My Faithful Studio Inspector:

"The point is:

RELAX!"