The Artist

I am light from a flickering candle, burning bright with excitement.

I am an advocate of ‘there’s good’ in all art, appreciative of the process.

I am flowers blooming with new ideas, all grown from a tiny seed.

I am an egg, the essence of life, with essence of the new.

I am a paintbrush with a burning desire to color my world.

I am an artist’s smock with dabs of creativity spattered on it.

I am the light in which I discover my world.

I am artist.

Barbara F.

Activity One

 

The Artist Archetype

The Shadow Artist

Using any art form -

Artists trading cards, canvas, a personal journal page -
a composition or speckled book is an excellent source for
this, digital collage (which is an acceptable art form),
an altered book for keeping your archetypes, as they indeed
deserve a home of their own, especially if you decide to
accomplish a large body of work concerning this subject.

Choose varies images from your personal collections -
magazines, the urls are for vintage types.

http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/

http://chrysti.wordpress.com/

 All have free images.

Start with the Artist Archetype

*** The Artist Archetype is about passion that is expressed
beyond the five senses. It is expression in the physical
form. We usually think of an artist as a painter – but we
mustn’t exclude an interior decorator, a song composer, the
writer, a chef, just to name a few. The important element to
remember about the artist is expression both psychological and
emotional.

An example of the shadow artist might be the starving artist,
or the eccentric artist with flamboyant dress or style.
There is also the alleged disturbed artist – Vincent Van Gogh 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

*** On Writing

Ask questions of both your artist types such as,

What are your physical and/or mental characterics?
What role or roles do you play in my life?
Write a letter to your artist.
Try a mind mapping technique.

Summary

1 – choose your notebook to house your archetypes
decorate or embellish the covers if you wish

2 – find images representing your ideas of your artist
type

3 – create your collage of the light and shadow sides of
the archetype

4 – write your thoughts, including questions and post to this site.