Anisette Studio

From Muddy Brook Road Studio. 1/09/2024

If you spend time with this Shibui Found Image Art you will come to see how a Shibui works. The blue gray areas are from the watercolor used. In the beginning there are no lines from 005- or 05-micron pens. Just “the field” of the initial foundation. I found the shape of the Morning Dove first. Most of shape was there, I would have to do intentional work to create the illusion of the bird in this case. There were some smaller events that were established around where the head was. AKA the bush around her head. The problem for me the finder? The Shibuiest? How to make what is there work for the image. I stuck with creating leaves for a bush, and discovered I could create a bush nearby. The result was that the bird looked like its head was in the bush. The dark watercolor allowed me to imagine an impression in front of her, a hollow dark area. The shadowed dark areas became rocks in my imagination. My light source would be behind me if this illusion was to work.

You can see at the end of the tail that there is a line of dark watercolor. This extends on the outside of the created tail. Perhaps I could have made the tail feathers just a little wider. But when I began the head, and back this is where the edge seemed to need to be. My line made the commitment to this edge.

The bright blues and orange are from pastel pencils. I use the pastel pencils to enhance what I find, to marry the colors, and to keep the viewers eyes traveling around the Shibui. Color can act like a road map for the eyes. The edges of the initial events are used to create a believable image.

The watercolors are blotted in the beginning when they are wet. This gives the image depth and dimensionality so that intentional work can be clearly seen and elaborated on. The image is a one-shot deal! It began with action art or action painting. What you do during this process will affect what is found. The mind learns to predict more quickly the more you develop the finding process when it comes to creating Shibui.

It does not have to be just watercolor; I use inks. These are fun to drop from a height or bled into the paper when it is wet. Wetness can be played with. The paper used is most important as it needs to hold the amount of wetness you want to play with. Watered down acrylic paint gives you mor opaqueness. A pastel blender works well over watercolor and ink. The pigment is fine, and it takes more work to the layering process with acrylic if I recall right.

Other fun things to use is anything absorbent on the wet surface. This will help create texture.

I teach Shibui techniques when I teach the foundation work. Ot can be taken from there and finessed according to what others do within their own creative processes. Playing with other mediums.

I am looking for people to help me understand how to create digital Shibui. So far, I know it can be done. But I need to learn how from not just me, but from others. So, if your game contact me through my WordPress email. After I complete the current projects, I will turn to digital Shibui. I am learning how to use my iPad. There are four of us working together. The goal is to help people become creative who do not have the use of their hands but communicate via computers. They to need healing mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. They can have help with foundations which they can take photos of and get them into their iPad photo gallery. It is doable reality. Currently I am writing an instructional book for those who wish to be Shibui Instructors, and I feel the digital Shibui needs to be a second book. I do not know enough yet. Things do avalanche. And working with a business coach is recommended. This helps with focusing on your art forms.

I can see paralyzed people being helped and know that Shibui can make a difference. I need others to consider Shibui as an art therapy tool. I have been developing it since 2011. It took five years to understand my processes and make connections so I could explain its processes.

Best wishes! Pejj