Tuesday, October 22, 2013

awkward girls rule...

and unite in their awkwardness.

i feel such a kinship with my awkward girls.  i sat on the couch last night after a long day at work, emotionally drained, picked up my artists pen and a copic marker and went to town.  an hour later awkward girl 2 was born.

i've set up a zazzle store, and plan on doing t-shirts, totes... etc. of the awkward girl series.


Wednesday, October 2, 2013

happy accident...

when i was creating the girl with the multi-color hair, i used Dylusion spray ink to color the slips of book paper that i used to create her locks.  i used  few different colors, and spread out the pieces of paper on a random blank artist canvas panel to catch the excess spray.

and anyone who has used these most delicious sprays knows there is excess.  *hanging my head in front of my sprayed wall*

after i was done spraying i set the panel aside... planning on painting over the mishmosh of color to create a new canvas.

until i looked more closely and decided that it was pretty nice all by itself.  i thought of my goddaughter and her request for an ethereal, dreamy, pink, purple, butterfly canvas for her apartment in NYC. 

so i covered it with a thick layer of gold tinted mod podge, and while it was wet, i ran my rubber comb thingy all over it in swirly motions...

the butterflies are rubons, and then i took my tombow paint pen and made dotted swirls. 

still working on it - just tweaking here and there... happy accident. 


Sunday, September 22, 2013

awkward girl...

sketching the 3 awkward girl cards (post below) inspired me to draw a larger scale girl.  had a couple of people express interest in having her done as a doll, so i think i will research that further.  i'd actually wear a tshirt with her on it... you? 

this is a 9x12 sheet of bristol, medium was marker and graphite. 


Thursday, September 12, 2013

shhhhhh....

i was playing with 3 blank cards that came with our appointment card order this time... and drew tina some weird girls.  she likes weird girls.  i was supposed to be working.  not drawing.  ;-)


Thursday, September 5, 2013

the dragonfly princess....

finished. that felt REALLY good. i actually enjoyed being in my studio, and watching her morph before my eyes.

there's tons of texture on this - it's 12 x 24, collaged, acrylics, watercolor crayons, marker, molding paste, fibers, charms, rubons, kitchen sink...

done. will be winging her way to her new home this weekend.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

still struggling...

my mojo hasn't completely returned, i guess if i'm not in mel's studio with her teaching and prodding... i'm stagnant.

but i did complete one canvas that has already been claimed... and i've done the background and initial face sketch on a large 12" x 24" stretched canvas. looking forward to seeing how she morphs...


Tuesday, August 27, 2013

more moonshine...

the kind of moonshine i can have and still stay sober!

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