Light is Falling

Light is Falling

Great autumn weather and colours in Calgary this season! Lots of changes in the works, both here at this house and in nature…

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Monoprinting with Irene Naested, Corinne Keough & Seeton Naested

Monoprinting with Irene Naested, Corinne Keough & Seeton Naested

Irene Naested and Corinne Keough demonstrate monoprinting automatism painting and drawing in this demonstration video. (Mono meaning one). Music and editing by Seeton Naested. This process can automatically give the artist, without conscious thoughts or preconceived ideas, the inspiration to create shapes, lines, and  textures as starting points for surrealist artwork. The Monoprinting technique can also be used to develop preconceived ideas/images. Various colour mediums can be used on a non-porous surface. Once the print has been pulled and allowed to dry over printing and mark making can be added.

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Full Length Demonstration of Surrealist String Painting

Full Length Demonstration of Surrealist String Painting

Irene demonstrates surrealist string automatism painting and drawing in this demonstration video. This process automatically gives the artist, without conscious thoughts or preconceived ideas, the inspiration to create shapes, lines, textures and words as starting points for surrealist artwork. This video shows a full length version of the process and discusses some of the tools and media which can be used to create your surrealist string artworks.

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Surrealist String Painting – A Demonstration by Irene Naested

Surrealist String Painting – A Demonstration by Irene Naested

Irene demonstrates surrealist string automatism painting and drawing in this demonstration video. This process automatically gives the artist, without conscious thoughts or preconceived ideas, the inspiration to create shapes, lines, textures and words as starting points for surrealist artwork.

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Light As it Falls: Irene Discusses Her Inspiration Behind the Book

Light As it Falls: Irene Discusses Her Inspiration Behind the Book

Take a look at Irene’s latest video featuring music from The Fragments. Art is from Irene’s Artist-Book called “Light As It Falls”. In this video, Irene discusses the inspiration behind the poetry, prose and art in the book and the process of making and publishing the book. Join the book club on passporttothearts.ca

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