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So, full disclosure- from time to time I have a small mental meltdown trying to decide my next series. Sometimes it happen organically- I inspired by a holiday or observance that falls during that month, or by an event or trip that John and I are taking. For 2020...I kinda felt a little pressure. (self-made pressure, of course) One reason is that not only being a brand new year (year #9 for me making daily art!!) but I mean...it's a whole new decade- it's 2020, ya'll! I had already decided that the coming year I would commit to doing fashion illustrations for the full year. I really love drawing fashion (hence the tag I use the most on Instagram, #DrawnToFashionJLG) I just want to see what will happen if I really focus on one facet of my work. DISCLAIMER: I may still venture off here and there with a mini-series of portraits and/or my 'big-eyed gals'...but as of now I am committing the daily pieces to fashion illustrations. I wasn't sure about the actual THEME for the month. I kept seeing 'roaring twenties' everywhere with NYE coming up. I thought about focusing on art deco, lorrtt knows I love to incorporate art history into my work whenever I can. But I wasn't feelin' it- needed something more. And then stumbled upon a post from a fun account I follow on Instagram- the 'Beehive Blondes'. They are two vintage loving DJ's doing events in NC, mostly Wilmington. They were promoting their NYE event, 'Deco Disco'...and that became the inspiration for my series. The idea is that the series will begin with fashion illustrations based on 1920's 'deco' fashions and then transition into 1970's 'disco' style after mid-month. And that is the inspiration BEEhind the series. 
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This is a view of my series, just wanted to show the madness! I am trying my best to keep everything stored (and organized!) between my little tote bag and this white container. It's funny, I have a table set up on the first floor, and a whole room upstairs but I always end up doing my art either at the dining room table or at my pull-up art table sitting at the couch. I think it is because my husband's office is on the second floor and I like to be near him, even if we are quietly working on our own projects. And if course then I don't have to yell as loud since he's just in the other room. He hates that, lol.  Materials for this series, my trusty watercolor set, still-new Arteza markers, glue, crystals and glitzy fabric scraps- including scraps from my NYE dress project!  Long story short, by NYE dress didn't arrive so I went with my backup. Only thing is I bought it at place in the mall and I wanted something custom...so...I picked up a piece of embellished fabric, grabbed my needle and thread and got to work!  (Left) original dress is plain silver sequinned fringe. (Right) I cut up a piece of gold embellished fabric, pulling out certain section and 'tacking' them into the dress with stitches- and I also added sleeves using almost a curtain style channel. I did my stitching in a way that I can easily take them off the dress and wear it later as just the original silver version.  Found the shoes for a STEAL a while back...but they looked a little frumpy. So I revamped them by taking out the sheer panels and adding some bling. (I HATE wearing heels, so that's why they are so short.)  (Left) ...just another pic of the finished dress- I love how it turned out! (Right) Pic in my DIY get up, heading out to celebrate the end of 2019 and welcome 2020 at our favorite spot in Orlando- Mathers Social Gathering! Doing a little rebranding for 2020. My Instagram account is now @artbyjlg and my classroom account is now @studiogironda.  |
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