{"id":325,"date":"2009-12-16T12:59:23","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T17:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svmedaris.wordpress.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2009-12-16T12:59:23","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T17:59:23","slug":"some-suggestions-from-fred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/some-suggestions-from-fred\/","title":{"rendered":"Some suggestions from Fred&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, the work for grad school continues. <a href=\"http:\/\/fredstonehouseart.com\/\">Fred Stonehouse<\/a>, an incredible artist and prof in the UW-Madison art department, offered some great suggestions when I was totally whining about wanting to do big stuff, but that the woodcuts were taking too long (for completion of a body of work by the time my M.A. show comes around). Remember, we&#8217;re dealing with a different time frame here&#8211;grad school, which sort of condenses everything into 1 yr. increments, and each year should be a good, completely new body of work. Plus, full load of classes, day job&#8230;. Woodcuts take some time, especially big ones.<\/p>\n<p>So, the dilemma was, how to make big stuff quickly and not get all picky over details like my bigger murals&#8230; I wanted to get away from the worry over detail and just be more expressive. If it worked, perhaps I could then take any good ones and make woodcuts out of them. Speaking of which, I am still making woodcuts, but I can&#8217;t physically make enough big ones to fill a show in one year, so it&#8217;ll be smaller woodcuts and big paintings\/mixed media. Anyway, Fred had some great suggestions (use big, juicy brushes, and don&#8217;t worry about drips, etc)&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I think this 1st one is heading in the right direction. So far, good feedback. The most important thing is that it was a release&#8211;really just fun to do and how painting directly and with energy should feel&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/blog\/images\/2009\/big_turkey72.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Big Turkey\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/blog\/images\/2009\/big_turkey72.jpg\" alt=\"turkey painting with little dogs in foreground for scale\" width=\"461\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The littles are here for scale. Paper is about 8ft tall&#8230;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, the work for grad school continues. 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