In March I did Marabeth Quin’s online course Mixed Media Collage & the Intuitive Landscape. In the course you make 16 small and 4 slightly larger abstract landscapes. I repeated the exercise almost straight away.
Yesterday I started a set of 12 larger ones, and today started 12 smaller ones. When they’re complete they’ll go into my sketchbook, joining the earlier sets, along with notes about each one.
Why create so many when they’re just going straight into my sketchbook? I loved the course, and want the learnings to become embedded in my art practice. But I want to create my work, using what I learnt, not create a simile of Marabath’s work.
The best way to achieve that is through ongoing practice. I follow Niamh Baly, and she often says “practice makes progress” so that’s what I’m aiming for … progress.
Cath Sheard Art 
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