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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

karen's vegetable hodge podge

i pulled out the Pitt Big Brush markers to see how they would behave on this paper. i have about 150 envelopes with a printing error on the flap and they are not my favorite paper, but, geesh, 150 free envelopes....i sometimes get good ideas when the envelopes are already being recycled. so, i started with the colors, then started outlining in black.
horrific.
tried flinging some more black lines.
what's a word that means *worse than horrific*? 
covered it up with some white.
added gold
i would have thrown this one away, but saved it so you can see what launched a different series. i am calling it the veggie-bead series because i used the veggie stamp and those tear drops look like beads.
more to come.
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7 comments:

  1. legendJuly 8, 2015 at 2:42 AM

    Worse than horrific?...how about crap!?

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    1. jean wilsonJuly 8, 2015 at 8:12 AM

      interesting that you suggest crap. i use that word a lot and have been reprimanded by i guy i know because he thinks it is not lady-like and was surprised to hear me saying it...but, that's what i use for all the little things that annoy me. so, it's not stronger than horrific, but i appreciate the suggestion

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  2. FinnBadgerJuly 8, 2015 at 5:44 AM

    Diabolical? Egregious?

    I like the black curved line a lot.

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    1. jean wilsonJuly 8, 2015 at 8:17 AM

      diabolical sounds like i was trying to make something awful, so that won't work. egregious is a favorite word and it will be included in the master list, but to me it is not really worse than horrific. i did come up with a word that might work - abomination.

      here's the list of stages of badness in art (my art)
      1. off
      2. icky
      3. yucky
      4. crappy
      5. egregious
      6. revolting
      7. horrific
      8. abominable

      this is just a working list.
      feel free to add words and i will insert them in the order that works for me.
      and

      no, we will not be making a companion list to describe the stages of loveliness.

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    2. legendJuly 9, 2015 at 11:16 AM

      They also forgot crappy!

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  3. carolJuly 8, 2015 at 9:38 AM

    Maybe I am "off" because I like it!

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  4. KarenJuly 9, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    Jean - is was one of my four favs!

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