tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35360551976747340972024-02-19T08:51:31.269-08:00Linda Branch Dunnthoughts, samples, work in progress Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.comBlogger506125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-73337457927095821212019-06-16T10:00:00.002-07:002020-09-30T11:42:09.436-07:00New home - come on over<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-80241044343210983722016-11-03T07:25:00.006-07:002016-11-03T07:25:53.358-07:00Holiday WishesWith Thanksgiving coming, I ran card-making classes with my elders. I brought glue, scissors, card stock, and lots of precut autumnal paper, especially my favorites from Impression Obsession. Of course lots of leaves <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DIE030-S&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=leaf+die&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">leaves</a> (IO#<span class="bold">030-S) but what really tickled their fancy were the black <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DIE083-K&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=cat+die&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">cats</a></span> (IO#083-K). So here is mine, made a few days later, with a tip of the hat to all my wonderful students.<br />
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O and of course the<a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DIE154-A&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=bird+die&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high="> little birds</a> (IO#154-A) The card goes out this week to my mother-in-law, who have two fine indoor black kitties. I'm sure they are watching the birds right now. Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-7956957563651405332016-08-30T15:08:00.002-07:002016-08-30T16:03:25.518-07:00Beach Daydream<div style="text-align: center;">
Today's still heat reminds me of the beach. So I traveled there too, in my paper dreams, for the Impression Obsession <a href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2016/08/new-impression-obsession-challenge-a-day-at-the-beach.html">challenge</a>. This card collages torn papers, acrylic, and Impression Obsession die cuts. </div>
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It's late in the day. Everyone's gone to the clam shop. The <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DIE154-A&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=bird+dies&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">birds</a> are overhead; the <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DIE168-C&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=rabbit+die&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">bunnies</a> sneak on to the dunes, to nibble<a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DIE269-N&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=269-N&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high="> grass</a>. Maybe it's after labor day.<br />
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After three classes, and lots of behind-the scenes prep, my Alzheimer's group's summer project is done. </div>
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Six weeks ago they painted over 50 butterflies, pre-cut with a Tim Holtz<a href="http://www.sizzix.com/660236/sizzix-bigz-die-w-texture-fades-butterfly-duo"> die</a>. </div>
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They glued the butterflies on to blue card stock, then painted the background and the butterflies with acrylics. At home, I built these into a wall piece, connected in back with packing
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The bright lines served to guide today's project: adding leaves and flowers.</div>
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I arrived with glue, brushes, pre-cut flowers, fun foam, scissors, markers, stick-on dots. A cornucopia of art supplies. </div>
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Seven residents gathered at the table. As the hour progressed, folks sorted themselves into tasks. Some like cutting, others gluing, others preferred to work with the less sticky dots. The very talkative person settled into her chosen project. The quietest person stood beside me and worked on placing leaves.</div>
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At the end of the class I held the entire piece up. You could hear the intake of breath. "It's lovely." "Look at all the colors." "Who made that?" "It's profound."</div>
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I laid the piece back on the table. Aides came over. Everyone stayed to joke and admire. </div>
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The curmudgeon of the group looked me in the eye: "You did a great job. Someone should tell you that."</div>
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Leading Alzheimer's classes is like doing improve. Just say yes, and take it to the next level. </div>
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Another answer to the <a href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/">challenge: </a>(a) use only Impression Obsession stamps/dies and (b) work in a square. Limitation spurs the imagination. So here are two <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SRCH">rabbit/bunny</a> dies at work. The <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DIE269-N&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=bunnies+die&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">mini-bunnies</a> and grass help give a sense of distance. The text is edited from a <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=B14285&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=love+and+joy&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">holiday sentiment</a>. </div>
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Use what you have. See where it takes you.</div>
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Another super-hot day. I'm a shade plant. I relish the return of cooler weather. So in response to Impression Obsession's <a href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/">square card challenge</a>, here's a bit of fall.</div>
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Their <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=D9418&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=pear&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">Print Pear</a> always looks elegant. Against its clarity I enjoy experimenting with loose painting and scattered dots.</div>
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Their <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=A9463&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=a9463&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">Joy</a> stamp seems a bit grungy for Holiday cards, but I like it here: an invitation to celebrate, whatever the reason.</div>
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Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-76003390814196298342016-08-11T05:59:00.006-07:002016-08-11T06:01:22.923-07:00Abstracted<div style="text-align: center;">
For advanced Alzheimer's patients, the "still life" model of teaching fails. Too many steps. Too many instructions that slip away into the fog. </div>
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So we sing instead, and play with color. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picking out the next color</td></tr>
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The act of mark-making is enough. It is an effort that rewards with surprise. Often we start with circles. "Take the line on a trip," I tell them. "Let the colors dance."</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"It's good to hold a brush again."</td></tr>
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Some students painted their whole lives. I can still see that memory in the way they handle the brush. But most are new to art. Each week, I show them. "Touch it to the paper. Press hard. Pull with your shoulder. See the color grow."</div>
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This artist hardly moved his hand for weeks. Then: surpise! The oil pastels seem to make much more sense to him than watercolors. At the hour's end: "A bird in trouble," he chuckled. Success.</div>
Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-69157827719904295182016-08-11T05:59:00.005-07:002016-08-11T06:00:39.605-07:00Abstracted<div style="text-align: center;">
For advanced Alzheimer's patients, the "still life" model of teaching fails. Too many steps. Too many instructions that slip away into the fog. </div>
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So we sing instead, and play with color. </div>
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The act of mark-making is enough. It is an effort that rewards with surprise. Often we start with circles. "Take the line on a trip," I tell them. "Let the colors dance."</div>
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Some students painted their whole lives. I can still see that memory in the way they handle the brush. But most are new to art. Each week, I show them. "Touch it to the paper. Press hard. Pull with your shoulder. See the color grow."</div>
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This artist hardly moved his hand for weeks. Then: surpise! The oil pastels seem to make much more sense to him than watercolors. At the hour's end: "A bird in trouble," he chuckled. Success.</div>
Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-55151063398255518732016-08-08T14:45:00.004-07:002016-08-08T14:45:58.753-07:00Christmas in August<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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On a hot Monday, a cool winter night, from <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc">IO Stamps</a> and reclaimed papers.</div>
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The idea of a square card piqued my interest.<br />
Start with rectangle of midnight-painted paper. What next?</div>
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The Impression Obsession <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DIE079-U&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=trees&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">Birch Tree</a><a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DIE079-U&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=trees&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">s</a> die, complete with cardinals, cuts too delicate for my clumsy ways. But wait. There's hand-me-down self-stick white paper on my shelves. Voila! Birch trees even I can manage. </div>
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The wee red cardinals, cut from used watercolor paper, are turned over and colored red. The <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DIE080-N&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=deer&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">deer</a> comes out of an old file card. (Turn it over and you'd find tenth grade history notes.)</div>
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The ground and <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=B14285&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=love+and+joy&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=">sentiment </a>are scraps of notes, sheet music, and an old novel. Even the purple card-stock was hand-me-down. </div>
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Next time perhaps the birch trees will continue into the purple. But I like the off-center composition. It feels like a window into another world.</div>
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Reclaimed art materials + <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc">Impression Obsession </a>+ the Holidays = inspiration on a hot summer day.</div>
Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-50240448054814444772016-08-02T14:17:00.002-07:002016-08-02T14:17:59.858-07:00Dreamy day<div style="text-align: center;">
Do you have those days that looked primed for productivity, that disappear in a swoon of experiments and ideas? </div>
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After three days of energy - so welcome after as many weeks stuck on the couch, I thought more intense sewing was ahead. </div>
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But today felt like drifting downstream, paddle on lap. The notion of making my own images on fabric keeps turning over in my hands and head. Today's attempts varied from sentimental to autumnal. </div>
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These were printed after a slow walk around the block in the mist with the dog.</div>
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After a hot, productive day, I decided to take on Papertrey Ink's<a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/"> invitation</a> to play with color in the spirit of Andy Warhol. </div>
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Inspired by the current state of my work table,</div>
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I picked out a stamp from a set about art supplies:</div>
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Sticky notes, printed and trimmed, mask the stamps. Painter's tape masks the grounds, one at a time.</div>
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When I slipped up doing the backgrounds, the result reminded me of a shadow. So I repeated the effect in the other quadrants. A soft pink frame and a Papertrey wish finished it off. </div>
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The track of memories has drawn me to this photo, taken by my father over 50 years ago. Me and my big sister, in matching outfits made by my mother's mom.</div>
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Old photos often serve me as source for sketch book explorations. </div>
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What to add, what to remove, to evoke change, loss, memory?</div>
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I picked this one to follow this spring. </div>
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Printed and transferred onto vintage tea napkin, the image argued with earlier random dying. It ached for color. So I painted, collaged, and stitched.</div>
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After a month's rest, that seemed too chaotic. Perhaps I'm responding to the news. It seemed important to bring more unity, to echo pattern, to calm and center the piece.</div>
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Papertrey Ink's newest <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/">demo</a> prodded me to test watercolor effects with stamping. This was the best result, worked on smooth Bristol. Spritzing the tree stamp before printing gave the image a kind of mystery glow. So I moved the scene to night, using silver embossed snowflake images as resist for night sky watercolor layer. At the center, <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/wet-paint-holiday-tags-stamp-set/">JOY</a> and the <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/what-the-doodle-feather-mini-stamp-set/">wee feather</a> stamps, from Papertrey. The tree image is from <a href="http://www.indigoblu.com/">Indigoblu</a>. And of course, a <a href="http://www.ellenhutson.com/impression-obsession-dies-sm-deer/">deer,</a> standing in the snow.Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-82965124868473341922016-07-17T11:57:00.000-07:002016-07-17T12:08:40.100-07:00Working BIG - Art with the Elderly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A facility where I teach is adding a new wing. The activities director decided there should be ART on the temporary walls. My Assisted Living class got one panel. So with short notice, on the fly, I drew flowers and dogwood blossoms, to create two work levels for my students. Most are in wheel chairs.</div>
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The aides seated the class in a semi-circle. </div>
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The effect was so relaxed: art as in-the-moment miracle, one you could relax and observe.</div>
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The mural took three one-hour sessions to finish.</div>
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What made it so fun? No one was totally responsible, for starters. Fine motor skills no longer mattered. Big marks were easier to see with older eyes. But I think it was also the thrill of the forbidden - how many of us long ago were told never to draw on the walls?</div>
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In between sessions I filled in the big areas. Sky first, greens last. </div>
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In another week or so, the sheet rock, and the paintings, come down. </div>
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Someday, though,I'm painting on my own house walls.</div>
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Two stages, 70+ vendors, and a "toddler rave." </h4>
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Put on your sunscreen and stroll on down. </div>
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My friend and studio pal <a href="http://www.arlettelaan.com/">Arlette Laan</a> will be there with her delightful dolls: </h4>
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Come to Studio 512 to grab thermofax screens at bargain prices</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The <a href="http://theloadingdockgallery.com/">Loading Dock Gallery </a>has expanded to a new space, the BackWall Gallery, beside the former entrance. Four times a year a new artist will be featured to represent the Gallery 24/7. I'm honored my work is up this quarter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some from my childhood. Many from my dad's youth. One from my mother's childhood.<span style="line-height: 115%;"> They
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The images of people, once children, now gone, overlap with my own memories:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">of being the
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">They say
each time you unpack a memory, it alters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Our present
rhymes with our past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">We
embroider. We forget.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">But the
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Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-21865545985177429082016-02-26T07:18:00.000-08:002016-02-26T07:27:22.636-08:00Alzheimer's Art: Winter Scene<br />
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This week my Alzheimer's art group collaged winter scenes<span style="color: blue;"><u>.</u></span></div>
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It is a stretch, to move them through three different concepts - black trees, white snow, and collage<span style="color: blue;"><u> </u></span>- in one hour. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0La7H_VYZ6dFPylwLYIpYfZizwUJZ4JVFqGtcRnech4iFjNjel5-UZTxk05HBpMcaFjgrLz0CmCX2MdDypFno0fQ5XLSPtHYOkAjg-FbcX-CMYm9uQy083sjADeLLYMF5shcBkPdJME/s1600/winter2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0La7H_VYZ6dFPylwLYIpYfZizwUJZ4JVFqGtcRnech4iFjNjel5-UZTxk05HBpMcaFjgrLz0CmCX2MdDypFno0fQ5XLSPtHYOkAjg-FbcX-CMYm9uQy083sjADeLLYMF5shcBkPdJME/s320/winter2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
But the hard work paid off. Each person found something that worked for them and pursued it. <br />
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They finished happy, some so much so they stayed an extra 20 minutes, working or just talking about their art. <br />
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I always line the finished pieces up, and point out how good they look
together. Then I remind them that each piece is different, because each
person is different.<br />
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One woman never says a word. But as she left, she turned to me and held out a
last deer.<br />
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"Would you please put this in the corner?" She
gestured to a painting. I glued the deer down. "Thank you," she beamed. <br />
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Some out-of-favor polka dots, skimmed with crimson and gold. Then a black-and-white text paper, veiled with crimson. Finally, lots of related circles from all these and more, using a <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/fillable-frames-collection/">Papertrey</a> die so hoop and circles match. Little messages from tiny Papertrey <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/tag-its-12-mini-stamp-set/">stamps</a>. Nice break on a quiet afternoon.</div>
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Last week, we made Valentines in Assisted Living. Something about all that pink brings out the best in everyone.</div>
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Cards were made for spouses, children, grandchildren. I talked one woman into making cards for her granddaughters in college. High point of my day.</div>
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The week before, I led Heart-Felt Collage at the Arlington Center for the Arts. </div>
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Big hearts, creative people. A great afternoon.</div>
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Alzheimer's class this week. Brought in a slew of pinks, reds, and florals. Together we all glued the biggest doiley onto our papers. Then each resident had a free hand to work as they pleased. Folks work at such different paces. They keep me busy.</div>
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Everyone needs a little help, each a little differently.</div>
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For some, language is tangled, but the urge to communicate shines through.</div>
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As the hour goes by, each person's style emerges. </div>
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This person always wants a balanced composition, and edited carefully, bringing me over to help hunt for hearts that matched.</div>
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We had a few minutes left at the end of class, so I started a final card with the word "cherish" and brought it to each person to add something. The newest resident reached into a pocket and produced the blue buttons and jewels. Everyday has its suprise.</div>
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Home-made clay, sticks and old CDs = snowmen this week with my Alzheimer's art group. "They are all wonderful. And all different." Just like the folks who made them., <br />
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Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-28989115182656157202015-09-16T10:01:00.002-07:002016-02-26T07:21:08.463-08:00Rocking the Fall<div style="text-align: center;">
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This October, I lead 4-week class in monoprinting at the <a href="https://reg125.imperisoft.com/acarts/ProgramDetail/3434323039/Registration.aspx">Arlington Center for the Arts.</a></div>
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Gelatin plates, Gelli plates, and more. As I prepare, my studio fills with prints. </div>
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Grids, stencils, leaves, paint, everywhere. </div>
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Alexandra Sheldon's excellent <a href="http://www.alexandrasheldon.com/">collage classes</a> taught me that, when students start with a good palette, the likelihood of success skyrockets. Good color sings. So I will provide coordinated colors to get us started, and provide pointers about brands and buying.</div>
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Also, a workshop this summer at the incredible <a href="http://www.zeamaysprintmaking.com/">Zia May Print Studio</a></div>
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Don't know about you, but I was nervous enough just showing up. Everyone was helped by the right supplies waiting, and we learned more because we used the same tools. So I'll provide small Gelli plates, paints, stencils, and tools. Students can get right to work.</div>
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Want to play with paint, line, shape? Curious about Gelli plates but don't know whether to buy one? Join me October 1, in paint clothes and comfy shoes. We'll rock the fall with stencils, color and paint. Four fabulous weeks. </div>
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<br />Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-26414773330913557472015-03-27T03:41:00.004-07:002016-02-26T07:22:54.800-08:00Developing values<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My father was an avid photographer. I inherited his many photo albums last year, along with those of my mother's father. The images go back through my childhood to the youth of people I only knew as grown ups. I find myself studying them: young adults, even children themselves. The wheel of time is strange.<br />
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Here are a couple of sketches, value studies really. (and yes, that's a pun.) That's my big sister on the right. My dad took the photo; my grandmother made the matching outfits. <br />
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I am trying to tease out the shapes, their placement and relationship. One of my students has been wrestling with the same question. Helping her got me working again. <br />
<br />Linda Branch Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587250459187246312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536055197674734097.post-54355502926525450152015-03-21T05:15:00.004-07:002016-02-26T07:22:01.576-08:00Art with the Elderly<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The folks in my classes wrestle with more than age. They face the blank page, not only in public and perhaps for the first time, but with dimmed eye sight, arthritic hands, and failing memory. <br />
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Through the magic of the internet, I discovered <a href="http://thehaengallery.com/artists/jane-filer/">Jane Filer.</a> Filer's combination of abstraction and whimsy inspired my students like nothing I'd seen before. We used a detail from Filer's "Hillandale Road."</div>
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Even the simplest version catches the geometry and the rhythm of the trees.<br />
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This resident layered the watercolors for deeper hues, and added trees at the bottom. </div>
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This resident, an artist in her day, had avoided my class, wrestling with doubt and self-consciousness. But Filer's artwork pulled her in. I love the pink she used for the fields.<br />
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A woman who usually paints traditional decorative flowers worked on
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Thank you, Jane Filer, for the inspiration. Find Filer's work, including "Hillandale Road,"<a href="http://thehaengallery.com/artists/jane-filer/"> here</a>. She is a joyous, sharing artist. Watch her at work<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEbAoTZOm7E"> here </a>and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANaJxgPlLqo">here.</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The idea of words taking wing: would that work with my Elder students, I
wonder? I shall sit down and try some prototypes. Just as soon as the studio is cleared of scarves, cards, and small art, all ready to launch for the holidays.</span></div>
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