Protected

Protected  Mixed media and collage on paper  29x41cm.

My first book !!

I have been working on it for a while, and  here it is :)

My first book !

I thought that this series of Red Ridind Hood  is complete and I also wanted to have them all together... also the ones form  my sketchbook !

Michèle Meister

...about Red Riding...

By Michèle Meister

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always in my thoughts

Always in my thoughts   Mixed media and collage on recycled paper   29x41cm

portrait of a woman

Grown up 2   Mixed media on paper   29x41cm.

Grown up

Grown up   Mixed media ( Acrylic and collage ) on linen   51x51cm.

Today I was working on canvas again ! Which I normally  like... But after all these months working on paper, I was  missing the 'liberty of the paper', because  it gives you the feeling , that it is not 'that important'! The difference is also that the canvas doesn't give you as much  resistance like  the wood behind the paper does ! 

.... But I like the linen colour and also that you can see the work without having a glass in between !

Touch

Touch   Mixed media on recycled paper 29x41cm. 

I don't know if I will  ever get away from the Red Riding Hood Story :) The wolf is just always coming back, even this time he wasn't really planned ....

'Genuss' and more Red Riding Hood !

Genuss Mixed media and collage on paper 29x43cm.

She had not seen the wolf in him Mixed media on paper 29x43cm.

Apart Mixed media and collage on paper 29x43cm.

Unschuld
Mixed media and collage on paper 29x43 cm.

Red Riding Hood   Acrylic on paper 29x43cm.

I didn't paint for 2 weeks after my little '30 day art challenge, not because I needed a brake, but because there was the school holidays and even I wanted to paint , there is never enough time !

Even after  only this short brake, I feel somehow it is starting from the beginning again ... The question , WHAT to paint and even HOW to paint :) 

The first day I painted the 'Red Riding Hood' which really was just an enlargement of one of the sketches. The sketch is much stronger as always .... I don't even know why I bother to rework sketches in a larger size , but as a starting point after resting for 2 weeks , it was probably sensitive to do ! The painting yesterday 'Unschuld' was  a new idea, but still involves the wolf and Red Riding Hood . 

With the title I realised, that some words you just can not translate. ' Unschuld' ( German )  meaning : innocence, but also virginity and it has the word 'Schuld' which means 'fault, mistake' and 'schuldig' is 'guilty' which  with other words means , once you loose your innocence you are guilty ! So I left the German title ... There are so many words that you can't translate without loosing some of it's meaning ! 

At the end one question, that you maybe can help me with ...Why do you call 'Red Riding Hood' like that in english ? In all other languages I am aware of, she is called after her red hood ... Why is she riding ? Does anybody know ?

The last 3 days of the 30 day art challenge

day 30 b ( the end !!!) 

Day 30 a 

Day 29 b

Day 29 a 

Day 28 c

Day 28 b 

Day 28 a 

The last day of my challenge to fill a sketchbook in 30 days ! Hurrrraaayyyyyyy ! I did it ... The sketchbook is full and I should have enough ideas for bigger paintings for the next few months :) 

I have enjoyed that project very much ... Not only to have FINALLY a full sketchbook, but also the challenge to come up with new ideas, even when you think  "Today I can't think of anything" ! I also had such an amazing response from my 'Red Bubble' friends, that I have to recommend to other artists who are not on Red Bubble to try it out ! I am somehow already missing my sketchbook ...I think tomorrow I will have to get a new one.... ;-)

rebirth ....

Rebirth Mixed media and collage on paper. 29x41cm.

Day 10 - b 

Day 10 - a 

photo 3 .....

Still working on Red Riding Hood, even after every painting I think, that it would be the last one in the series... but 'they keep coming up' :) 

Also still working on my 30 day art challenge to finish a sketchbook in 30 days (  a third of the book should be done by now ...will have to start to count the pages !)

And another challenge has been created called the '365 days challenge'.... So that will take a bit longer ! Also it is not about paintings but photography. I am not a photographer at all , I always wonder how people can take so nice pictures, even I see the same , even I take the same picture... mine always look ordinary ... but I will work on it , I hope that in 365 days I will at least have ONE GOOD PICTURE  :)

still doing the 30 day art challenge ..

Closeness Mixed media and collage on paper 29x41cm.

Day 6 - a

Day 6 -b 

Day 5 

she felt safer with her mask

She felt safer with her mask
Mixed media and collage on recycled paper 29x41cm.

morning sketch

sketch

back in the blogger world !

"Who is scared of..." Mixed media ( ink, acrylic, thread and collage on paper
29x41cm. 

sketch

I have had a little break of the blogger world , in fact a break from the net :) But today I was back in the studio full of inspiration ...

in touch

In touch  -  Mixed media on paper . 29x41cm.

I am having a little bit of a break as my internet connection was veeeeeeeeeeery very slow for a couple of days and also the school holidays are on... So at the moment there is more painting happening inside my head ! Thinking about the red riding hood story . In this painting she seems to be in control ,  she is in touch with the wolf ( he is not very scary I have to admit :).... 

 I think the next one will be more fighting between them. 

At the end though , they will be friends ...

Overcome Mixed media and collage on paper. 29x41cm.

Card No 2 Mixed media on postcard

sketchbook 

' Who is scared of...'

'Who is scared of ...' Mixed media and collage on paper ( 29x41cm.)

sketch

sketch

sketch

sketch

sketch

'morning sketch'

Rotkaeppchen ....

Red riding hood Mixed media and collage  on paper 29x41cm.

sketch

sketch

sketch

sketch

sketch

sketch with stone ( from Bodensee :) 

 My idea today was actually to get more into the circus idea... but suddenly I went with my morning sketchbook to something totally different ! Even my painting didn't go to circus, but to Red riding hood !

Well,.... maybe tomorrow :)