..just some work from Dec 17th...a small peek of part of a commission that I completed and delivered, will post the whole piece after Christmas...my piece for Sandy Hook Elementary, slowly but surely happening one butterfly at a time...and my CEDs 351-352...one started yesterday but both finished today!
And all of the Christmas presents are WRAPPED!! Yes!
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Tonight I finished gluing the crystals to my last piece in my monthly series, which started off as fashion illustrations in general and quickly became all about Oscar de la Renta's Fall 2012 runway looks...then it moved to the styling..sigh. Tonight I will be working on my monthly self portrait. What am I going to do? No clue whatsoever. Also on the agenda for the weekend...sleeping in...some beach and/or pool time...some early birthday celebrating...working on some commissions...and doing some cleaning and organizing. But for now, it feels good to be finished with this month's series. I do want to go in and do at least 10 or so fashion illustrations, maybe some big ones, just to loosen up again. I haven't even check to see what the Creative Every Day theme is for December, the final month in this endeavor to make art every day in 2012. Might peek tonight, might not. But for now, it feels good to be finished with this month's series. I do want to go in and do at least 10 or so fashion illustrations, maybe some big ones, just to loosen up again. I haven't even check to see what the Creative Every Day theme is for December, the final month in this endeavor to make art every day in 2012. Might peek tonight, might not. But one thing is for sure...I will be artin'. "I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right." -Oscar de la Renta (...and I couldn't agree more!) This year I decided to be smart and post ahead of time that...well...I can make art if you want art for your holiday gift-giving. I usually forget, or wait too late...but just putting it out there.
Yep, I make stuff if you want to give art for the holidays, or if you want custom holiday décor. Some things that folks have ordered in the past include custom-order whimsical trees with family names painted in the ornaments, shoe paintings that spell out names, random fun shoes, various fun and funky angels, painted stemware, and also hand painted ornaments. Some prices are listed below, contact me with any questions. Most 'available' art in my CED blog (originals unless otherwise noted, not prints) is available to purchase, inquire about specific pieces for pricing info. And I do commissions, they start at $100 and then go up depending on how much work it will be for me, size, materials, etc. Contact me with details about what you want, including size info and I will give you an estimate. Once I receive the $50 deposit I will begin the piece(s). I have a few commissioned pieces that are on my drawing table now, if you are wanting delivery by Christmas I would need your order info as soon as possible so I can do a good job and get it to you in time. You can also purchase adult or child art lessons, or contact me to find out about fun at-home art parties, a venture Jessie, Sofia and I like to call Tipsy Art. There. That's it, I think. If you don't buy my art, buy someone's- support your local artists. We are putting ourselves out there, making stuff with our own hands and just doing our thang ; ) Now that I have a minute to sit and process...even though it's almost 2am on June 6th...I am going to rewind and go back to June 5th. One of the first things that was significant was checking my email to find that my angel paintings from my first Etsy order made it to Missouri and Nevada- and that they liked my work. (see pic below) More important- the work served as a tribute to their friend. Awesome. Looking at that email, and seeing my work in the hands of the folks that I made it for, and feeling like it really did serve the purpose for which it was created...truthfully? I teared up. I got a little verklempt. I.love.sparkly.flamingo. And then it was on to my adventures in flamingo embellishment, which I wrote about in the previous post. (scroll down) I really would love to go all Sandy Skoglund style and fill an entire room with an entire flock of these fabulously sparkly fowl. Hmmmmmm...maybe I will. I started off really motivated...worked on the flamingos and then, well...there was some lost time. But I did get back into my creative zone, started pretty late, but I made some art nonetheless. Well, let me back track...I figured out what I wanted to do for the next ANE show. It's a Star Trek theme and I had some ideas, but I wasn't 100% sure of what I wanted to do...and I will post more about it later as I start creating the work, but let's just say that the pieces will fit my pinup theme for the month of June. Back to my CED #157. It's done. Found a cool picture of Bettie that really inspired me...and well, here is the work, shown as I worked on it (below) Bettie+ flamingo. While I was working on my CED I had the idea to combine my Bettie-esque figure with the pink flamingo that I worked on earlier today. It isn't finished, but it is well under way. Just something for fun. Or maybe this is a small-scale study for a larger work? Either way, you can bet that there will be some sparkle. And finally...when I was getting my workspace ready I found some old sketches in one of my pinup books. I have no idea what I was planning, or when these three pages were completed...but I felt like I found buried treasure. Even though these may not go with my current projects, I may revisit them for future inspiration for works.
John informed me tonight that hearts weren't masculine. I beg to differ. Actually, I don't. But at the time I did. So...conference night = long day. Boy was I tired tonight, but I needed to get some work done. And I did. Creative Every Day entry #46 is posted...as well as a small mixed media piece I finished when the conferences died down tonight. Graphite, micron pen and a little bit of watercolor. And back to the CED...these are steadily getting more and more embellished. Go figure, right?(shown in image below, left) Another item on the agenda for the evening...a commissioned piece that I have been working on. (also shown below) I had tentatively drawn out the figure and then tonight I just threw a Hail Mary and picked up my brushes and started to paint. It is such a weird feeling, painting. There is the initial feeling of stress from that blank white expanse of canvas. I mean, I am excited, but truthfuly, scared. It's only paint, I can always paint over it, I tell myself. Then, once I get started, and I get in a groove and things are working, the colors are mixing well...what a great feeling. Like wearing down the tip of a pencil at just the right angle when shading. Something clicks. I usually listen to music when I paint, but when it's quiet for a second I can hear the paintbrush on the canvas and it's a sound that I love.
Then...suddenly...one paint stoke too many, one color intense and the piece is getting overworked. Step back, stop painting, look. Think. Keep working. And then you get it back, and then you lose it. It is like a dance, sometimes I am leading, sometimes the painting leads. And I sure do love to dance. |
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