Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Playing with Letters Paul Klee Style

Today, our Portland Artist Group played with symbols created from our names and different writing tools using Sumi ink and colored with pastels. One of our members took a workshop from a local calligrapher, Rebecca Wild. I enjoyed working with inspiration from our group members and Paul Klee with ink and pastels. My favorite created name symbols-

4 comments:

lilylovekin said...

I love the look of pastels. I use PanPastels in my journals and love them. Thanks for the tip re: the photo class with lk Ludwig. I've signed up for it.

Robin Olsen said...

Your piece turned out so cool! I love the contrast of the thick and thin lines you used. I took this class from Rebecca Wild several years ago and really enjoyed it.

Jo Reimer said...

I like this piece a lot, Paula. Your eye for line is maturing so fast!

Gwen said...

I love these lines, I love a good strong black line!