Lorna Alkana

Real Cartwheels

September 16, 2012

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When I was a kid, I took playing and pretending very seriously. I wasn’t competitive, I just liked following the rules. I liked constructing and then committing to imaginary scenarios. Make believe. I’d make up something to believe in. I wonder if I’ve changed.

I tried a new technique with the layers. Instead of one layer of color, I used three and then altered them to have different levels of transparency.

I spelled “committing” wrong. I suppose I also like to make up my own spelling.

-Lorna

Revised 11/13/2012

When I was a kid, my friends and I would take playing and pretending very seriously. It wasn’t that we were competitive; we just liked trying out different types of rules. We would construct and then commit to our imagined logic. Make believe. We’d make up something to believe in.
I wonder if we’ve changed.

Real Cartwheels

3 responses to “Real Cartwheels”

artzent

September 17, 2012 at 8:49 am

I think that your artwork is awesome as always!
killkaties

October 16, 2012 at 9:44 pm

Lovely artwork, Lorna. I’m currently trying to get to grips with layering and transparency, so I’ll be back here often to see what I can learn. Thank you for your beautiful art and thanks too for following me…
Lobster McGee

November 13, 2012 at 8:54 pm

It’s funny that they’re called “cartwheels” when probably “wheel” would have sufficed, since it’s a human spinning like a wheel. So why specifically the wheel of a cart? Maybe carts were the first thing people put wheels on when they first invented wheels.