Drawing from last night's Artlink session. xoxoxo
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Pickin up
Things have picked up a bit since my last post. Not quite the Negative Nancy I was. :)
Here is the start of a self-portrait. I sanded and painted over a triptych I did shortly after Ezra was born that have been hanging around. I really loved the pieces, but it was time for them to go. To be reborn.
And, I scrapped the boxes I did first for the Artful Box at Orchard Gallery. This is my newest creation and all the boxes will follow suit in this style. I got the idea to paint watercolor over collage from Oliver Jeffers, he's a childrens book illustrator. While this is not a new idea, I liked the way he worked it and it caught me. I randomly saw one of his books at Ezra's day care when I was picking him up the other day. www.oliverjeffers.com
Here is the start of a self-portrait. I sanded and painted over a triptych I did shortly after Ezra was born that have been hanging around. I really loved the pieces, but it was time for them to go. To be reborn.
And, I scrapped the boxes I did first for the Artful Box at Orchard Gallery. This is my newest creation and all the boxes will follow suit in this style. I got the idea to paint watercolor over collage from Oliver Jeffers, he's a childrens book illustrator. While this is not a new idea, I liked the way he worked it and it caught me. I randomly saw one of his books at Ezra's day care when I was picking him up the other day. www.oliverjeffers.com
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Winter Blahs
I don't recall ever getting winter depression. However, I fear I have fallen victim to it this season. The days are too short. Today, when I stepped outside my door I felt myself recoil and get instantly pissed off. Yuck. This too shall pass.
My succulent cuttings seem to have no problem with the winter. Here they are in all their glory, the survivors, anyhow. A customer at the Firefly works for the Botanical Conservatory and brought me a bunch of random leaflets. About 1/2 of them (shown here) have rooted. Hooray!
A random photo of some old stencils. Since I haven't blogged in so damned long, here's a little extra for you rascals who read this shit. :)
Below are a couple shots of a painting I've been working on for Jean. I really loved the way the oil looked next to the ink under-drawing.
I've been invited to participate in the Orchard Gallery's "The Artful Box" in March. Below is the third box I've started. The first two are being scrapped and can be seen in the background. I've got this crazy thing in my head about brown and complimenting it with pink, teal, orange, yellow, etc. So far it hasn't worked out so well. The first two were done in oil and the medium did not look very good on the boxes. The third is watercolor. I can dig it so far.
And last, but certainly not least, are some sketches from tonight's drawing session at Artlink. I am really happy with the hands below. Hands are a bitch to draw! So, for one of the sessions I focused only on the hands and feet. This pose was perfect because the model was bent over with his hands above his feet. Time ran out just as I was getting to the feet. This sketch turned out pretty well.
Ah, ran out of time for the penis. Dang. That's a pretty nice leg, though.
My succulent cuttings seem to have no problem with the winter. Here they are in all their glory, the survivors, anyhow. A customer at the Firefly works for the Botanical Conservatory and brought me a bunch of random leaflets. About 1/2 of them (shown here) have rooted. Hooray!
A random photo of some old stencils. Since I haven't blogged in so damned long, here's a little extra for you rascals who read this shit. :)
Below are a couple shots of a painting I've been working on for Jean. I really loved the way the oil looked next to the ink under-drawing.
I've been invited to participate in the Orchard Gallery's "The Artful Box" in March. Below is the third box I've started. The first two are being scrapped and can be seen in the background. I've got this crazy thing in my head about brown and complimenting it with pink, teal, orange, yellow, etc. So far it hasn't worked out so well. The first two were done in oil and the medium did not look very good on the boxes. The third is watercolor. I can dig it so far.
And last, but certainly not least, are some sketches from tonight's drawing session at Artlink. I am really happy with the hands below. Hands are a bitch to draw! So, for one of the sessions I focused only on the hands and feet. This pose was perfect because the model was bent over with his hands above his feet. Time ran out just as I was getting to the feet. This sketch turned out pretty well.
Ah, ran out of time for the penis. Dang. That's a pretty nice leg, though.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
I've been a bad, bad blogger!
Super-bad blogger!
Things sped up really quickly and are winding down to a coast through the holidays. Auto-pilot Christmas, here I come!
I do want to take a moment for memory of my Ceramics professor from Saint Francis, Karen McCardle, who died in a car accident with her husband on Friday evening. She was a wonderful and thoughtful woman who taught me a lot of what I know about ceramics today. I would not be the artist I am with out her guidance, support, and letting me go when I wanted to run wild.
Things sped up really quickly and are winding down to a coast through the holidays. Auto-pilot Christmas, here I come!
I do want to take a moment for memory of my Ceramics professor from Saint Francis, Karen McCardle, who died in a car accident with her husband on Friday evening. She was a wonderful and thoughtful woman who taught me a lot of what I know about ceramics today. I would not be the artist I am with out her guidance, support, and letting me go when I wanted to run wild.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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