tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21078238.post7081173723194559928..comments2024-03-14T08:31:05.911-07:00Comments on Kelly Kilmer Artist and Instructor: Getting Over the Fear of Not Having The Perfect ImageKelly Kilmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07002300626700548709noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21078238.post-41244663316017127022013-03-03T13:16:14.322-08:002013-03-03T13:16:14.322-08:00Many a raw nerve was hit when reading this post an...Many a raw nerve was hit when reading this post and the previous!! Not only do I hoard every tiny thing that I think might come in "useful" but I am a horror for holding back things that I think need to be for something special ... as if the world would end if I used them for anything less. Consequently, my small home is over-run with, at the end of the day, is stuff! I recently challenged myself to take some monoprints (Oh no, they can never be repeated ... why would I even consider "using" them!!!) and cut them up for collage. Result = liberating! I have even resolved not to do any more monoprints (I have over a hundred from this month alone!) until I have done something with a good third of my stash! (eek!)<br /><br />I love your journal pages and am impressed that you blog so often! I've only blogged daily for February and there's no way I can keep that up!bubblemunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802116056081755183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21078238.post-72521427144776334962013-03-02T13:33:22.379-08:002013-03-02T13:33:22.379-08:00Kelly, Thank you. I do remember reading that post....Kelly, Thank you. I do remember reading that post. Now to break the block! MarleneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21078238.post-92206302249813239172013-03-02T12:15:02.735-08:002013-03-02T12:15:02.735-08:00@Mary I forgot about this interview:
http://ginger...@Mary I forgot about this interview:<br />http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2009/12/talking-to-kelly-kilmer-mixed-media.html<br />I talk about what got me started. I may do a blog post on it eventually. I've kept a journal in some form or another since 4th grade. It wasn't until I moved here unexpectedly, was lonely (except for my husband) and found my way to making my own books and working in them that started me on my path. :)Kelly Kilmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07002300626700548709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21078238.post-76486989475785512042013-03-02T12:09:31.278-08:002013-03-02T12:09:31.278-08:00@Marlene (KayG5010)I have a whole post on it here:...@Marlene (KayG5010)I have a whole post on it here:<br />http://kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2012/09/thoughts-on-collage-work.htmlKelly Kilmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07002300626700548709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21078238.post-36023605430510751602013-03-02T12:00:38.005-08:002013-03-02T12:00:38.005-08:00Thanks, Ladies!!!
@Desert Mermaid-YES YES YES Mak...Thanks, Ladies!!!<br /><br />@Desert Mermaid-YES YES YES Make art with children!! I am a BIG believer in this! MOST kids have NO inner critic when it comes to art making. They do what they want however they want with art. They are wonderful teachers.<br /><br />@Mary-I was crazy. ;) No seriously. I'll do a blog post about it soon! :) I've kept a journal in some form since 4th grade.<br /><br />Kelly Kilmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07002300626700548709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21078238.post-73695475946524897352013-03-02T08:39:23.827-08:002013-03-02T08:39:23.827-08:00You mentioned doing this for 16 years. What made ...You mentioned doing this for 16 years. What made you start?Mary Meyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21078238.post-54729187674453025192013-03-02T06:40:47.064-08:002013-03-02T06:40:47.064-08:00I love you, Kelly Kilmer. True story!
focal imag...I love you, Kelly Kilmer. True story!<br /><br />focal images. I am one who struggled, enormously, for a very long time -- part of that was because I was raised by a photographer father who nourished me on his slide shows and conversations, long ones, about composition, lighting, etc., and all that loveliness truly inhibited me when I looked through any magazines but photography magazines (I was such an Image Elitist -- ack!). <br /><br />And then someone introduced me to Pinterest, and all my troubles vanished. Since I don't publish my pages in any form, blog or otherwise, I have no fear of violating copyrights. I can find EXACTLY what I need, every time, with one or two simple searches. And somehow, because I know that, I've suddenly eased off the snobbery and begun finding beautiful, satisfying images in all my old magazines! My pages have come alive in a truly relaxed way, which they sorely needed!<br /><br />The other thing that's happened is that my older two grandsons are cartoonists, and they give me the pages they do that they don't like ... oh my god! Crazy cool 8 and 12 year olds making all sorts of monsters, critters, warriors, Ninjas, beasties! With total unselfconsciousness! Now I'm doing pages with THOSE as my focal point and finally, finally, at the age of 51, discovering true PLAY on my pages. Think Teesha Moore, her cool, fun, unexpected creations on her pages, odd heads, balloon feet, big roll-y eyeballs, skyscraper-high helmets!!! I went out and bought the biggest set of crayons I could find and now I doodle cartoons all the time!<br /><br />sorry, got off track -- wanted to share that burst of delight though! MAKE ART WITH CHILDREN -- I used to do journals with my niece all the time, and forgot how immediate is a child's ability to find what she or he needs/wants for a page -- not all that anguish and torture I can add to it!Desert Mermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070486873031751418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21078238.post-67448568596109237912013-03-01T12:46:13.873-08:002013-03-01T12:46:13.873-08:00Thank you for this post!! Another question - do yo...Thank you for this post!! Another question - do you approach your images without a thought of the direction you want to go and let the images that grab your attention take you some place? I tend to have an idea of what I want to journal about THEN I can't find the image to match or speak to me. Maybe I'm making this too hard. Should I just sit, grab and glue? Thank you for teaching. MarleneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com