Inspire the Line

Inspire the Line is a Collaborative Art Adventure

Sign Up in the Lounge under the Inspire the Line Group
Craig will notify you when it's your turn
Make a piece of art in response to the person ahead of you in the "Line" in one week
Submit a high quality digital photograph of your piece to Craig
Post your piece on Social Media and tag us @artist.in.residence.coop on IG and FB and @artistinresidence.co on Bluesky
At the end of the project, we will publish a book containing all of the drawings which will be available for purchase.

Cath

Inspired by the beautiful colour scheme, background line work and gorgeous blossom, positioned just so, in @Sharmyn Crawford ’s piece. For me this is about childhood memories and fancy, combined with adult experiences and how they both mesh together. I just loved fairy stories when I was young and was convinced that I could see fairies and talk to them and that they were everywhere in nature. As a young adult I travelled to Japan and loved the reverence for nature and how the motifs of blossoms and flowers were woven into daily life. It was also my first experience of seeing snow there, and it was a truly magical experience to hold a fully formed snow flake on my fingertip. The delicacy, magic and beauty that surrounded me, both as child and adult, is something I try to remember.

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Sharmyn Crawford

Here is my addition to Inspire the Line. Following Christina’s bird on a branch, I attempted to continue the line of the branch for my page. I then brought in some of the colors from the original postings…and the black dog and a bird.

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Christina Cribbs

Here is my addition to Inspire the line. I decided to draw a blue jay. Watercolor paper, a 1900 Cosmo magazine page pvc’d to it. Then, rice paper with acrylic design on it from one of Corrine’s mixed media classes, pvc’d to the old page. Then water colored a blue jay first, then went over the watercolor with a black Vision pen. Last details of white with a Posca pen. Voila!!!

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Helen Birch

I’ve used Linda Konya’s sunny, blossom blessed, birdy scene to inspire another avian scenario. I used the right hand edge of Linda’s artwork to give me ideas as to how to proceed. The trees there made me think of the body of a bird. The trick then was to find a set of bird images that fitted the form I was seeing. I chose the diminutive Cuban Tody. This visual trick was one used by the Surrealists. They called it Exquisite Corpse. It’s a great way of building a collaborative visual. Media used: highlighter pens, Luminance coloured pencils, Uni-ball black pen, white gelly roll pen.

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Linda Konya

Here is my addition to Inspire the Line. I was inspired by the Spring theme. My sun is higher and warmer, shining on the chickens a son and his family plan to get this Spring. I used watercolor, black Uni-ball Vision and Uni-ball Signo pens, and pieces of gel prints for the sun and the chickens.

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Corinne McNamara

The spring colors inspired me to experiment with layers on my gel plate. Joan's interpretation, especially the green grass, inspired the color choices--yellow, blue, red, lots of white, and a little Payne's gray--but mine is a semi-abstract version of springtime with a mass of cherry blossoms. My sun doesn't have a face but spreads Springtime warmth throughout. The color of the dog inspired the tree trunks!

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Joan Martin

I was inspired by the black dog on the right and wanted to depict a dog gazing at your work, capturing a thoughtful yet slightly worried expression on its face. This reflects my trepidation about being able to imitate or respond to your art. Above the dog’s head, I included a cherry tree branch as a reference to the cherry trees in your pieces. I aimed to create a strong connection between your work and mine; thus, the dog is looking at your sun, while both the sun and the chicken appear to gaze back at the dog. I have maintained the same colour scheme as in your artwork. This piece was created using coloured pencils, markers, and watercolour.

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Craig McCann

This was created to symbolise the awakening of Spring. The low sun speaks of shorter days, the blossom just starting to show on the trees and the birds are singing because the warmth is coming after the long winter. The black dog can stand for playfulness or equally solitude or even meloncholy, which is why it's positioned towards the edge of the illustration. It is on it's way out of the scene to make way for happier times. The crocus are coming out and nature feels optimistic and enlivened again. This was created digitally in Photoshop.

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Sharmyn Crawford

Christina Cribbs

Helen Birch

Linda Konya

Corinne McNamara

Joan Martin

Craig McCann

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