May "Tide Pools" Blog Hop
Welcome followers and new comers! The art challenge theme for the month of May over at Art Elements was "Tide Pools" . It’s REVEAL TIME!!! You can also follow the links at the end of my blurb (if you're still awake) and see other artists' work inspired by this month's theme!! I decided to take this theme challenge rather literally. I work better in specifics rather than abstract but I did stretch my comfort zone by using free-form crochet as much as possible to replicate creatures and shapes you might find in a tide pool. The idea of working free-form with NO patterns or stitch counts makes me break out in hives and was a challenge all of its own to my control freak, precision mind. However, I think the end results are very authentic and creative in a seriously one of a kind way!! I started out by choosing concept photos to use for basic shape ideas and for selecting my color palette. Then I gathered yarn that fit in the palette from my ample sta