Although I am looking forward to my next holiday...
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| Can't wait for my next holiday... |
Having seen photos of their new place, and the view from their house, I am extremely envious and am already looking up flights for the Christmas holidays... I wish we could go this summer but unfortunately it is already booked up.
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| Not actually their view from their flat but it is something similar... |
Anyway, while moping around feeling sad and lonely now that big sis and brother-in-law have gone, I started thinking about the Cayman Islands and all the things I am going to like about it when I finally go and visit (apart from my family that is) and was thinking about how cool it will be to see real sea turtles. And then I had a great idea for my next mosaic project: sea turtles in the sea!
I have been thinking about doing a sea mosaic as I want to experiment more with lines and textures and the sea is really good for that sort of thing. However, I'd been wondering how to make it a little more interesting as just a big blue/white/green mosaic is probably going to be a wee bit boring. Turtles would be a great focal point.
After my great brainwave, which I admit is not particularly original and has probably been done many a time, I sketched out a few designs. I'm not a great artist when it comes to drawing, so please excuse the lack of proportion / rough quality / scribbles, but I could do with some feedback as to which one I should go for... helpful advice would be much appreciated!
This was my first design:
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| One Turtle |
And this is my second; I decided that one turtle may be a little too big and would distract from the sea more than I wanted. However, two turtles may take a LONG time and I will only have 4 weeks to get it done in...
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| Two Turtles |
Which one do you think I should go for? I think I am more inclined to go for the second one, but as I am almost certainly going to do it indirectly (I would like more experience with casting and the indirect method), I suspect I will be bringing it home from the course a lot and trying to do a lot of it at home!
As it is, I shouldn't really be thinking of my next mosaic project because...
...yup. I STILL haven't finished this one that I have been working on for what seems like forever. I think it is only actually since September and there have definitely been a lot of months when I haven't done anything, but I need to get a wriggle on if I want the mosaic part finished before my course starts. If I'm quiet on here for a while you know what I'm up to....
One last thing for today: if you are interested in being one of my featured artists in my monthly Artist's Feature please could you drop me an e-mail via the Contact Creating Trouble page? Much appreciated!
2 comments:
I love how your smalti mosaic is coming along! Sorry to hear about your sis, though. That is sad. At least she's going to a seriously fabulous place to visit, though. Can't wait to see the turtle mosaic!
That reminds me - my friend did a great sea turtle mosaic last year that you might like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/98172860@N00/5021934334/ Hard to tell from the photo, but it's actually very big, and the detail of all the sea creatures at the bottom is amazing.
Thanks Shan! I can't wait to get going on the turtle: your friend's turtle is AMAZING! Which leads me to the question I was going to ask - big pieces of glass or small more traditional squares? I think both could work so am a bit torn!!!
I also found some amazing tiles that would have worked for the mottled turtle back - but they only sold it in packs of about a million for floor tiling - which I don't really need to do! So it's back to the drawing board for me...
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