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#GirlTalkJLG complete...again!

9/30/2018

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Hey Look- it's ME!

9/13/2018

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I am really excited to share a feature that just came out...guess who the featured artist is?!

Any guesses? Yep, it's ME! How cool is that?!

Special thanks to Nicole Galluccio telling them about me and my heART!

CLICK HERE TO READ THE VoyageMIA ARTICLE!

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When (fur) folks are trying to keep you from bloggin'

9/10/2018

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Whimsy meets Girl Talk.

9/5/2018

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I never did post any updates or summarize my August series. Heck, I didn't even properly introduce the series...but I kind of need to because it involves my series for September...so I will write a bit so I can explain my thoughts for the next series.

Okay...where to start? My trip to Wynwood wasn't my first encounter with graffiti and street art. Back when I taught art at Indiantown Middle School I wrote a Character Counts grant to bring in a graffiti artist that I have befriended at an art show. The kids LOVED the experience! 'TQueen', the artist, came in and talked about the history of street art, different lettering styles and even 'tagged' their notebooks. We then went on to paint the 'Pillars of Character' on canvases using what we learned, and also using some fun materials like spray paint and paint pens. (If you are an art teacher reading this- do yourself a favor and include some type of graffiti or street art lesson in your curriculum-your students will LOVE it!)

Here are some pics from the presentation/artist visit;

At the time that T-Queen came out to my school I had just started my daily artwork commitment, that was over six years ago (...in daily art terms that is 2,438 pieces!!) At that time I was still taking my cues from the Creative Every Day website suggested prompts, but putting my own spin on it. That first month the theme was 'new', so I chose to create 'new' shoes based on a song by Paolo Nutini that I like by the same title. I collaborated with TQueen on one of my daily pieces during her visit, I created the watercolor of the shoe and had her 'tag' it, then added some bling.

Click here to view my first monthly series, January 2012.

JLove/TQueen collabo, January 2012

Rando pic of a mural in San Diego back in 2012 that expresses my love for fun street art gems like this- and my second home, PACIFIC BEACH!!

Truth be told...I have always loved murals and hidden street art gems. I have never done a wall myself, I mean, I have painted some murals indoors but how cool would it be to have your work literally OUT THERE, on the 'skreet for folks (like silly ol' me!) to interact with.

Fun wall in Denver, CO

...this was one of our trips to California, can't remember where exactly we were, it was like a shopping/arts area in an old barracks I think. We went there on a hunt for a brewery and were pleasantly surprised.

LOVE this artist- Kazilla! I was so excited to see her work on our first trip to Austin. To see more of her work visit http://kazilla.biz/

...told ya'll I love her work! I even totally 'fan-girled' and did a portrait of her as a part of my May 2014 , link: https://www.jenniferlovegironda.com/gallery/may-2014-decoration

Another Austin pic, this was from our visit to the Hope Outdoor Gallery, http://hopecampaign.org/hopeprojects/hope-outdoor-gallery/

Recent trip to Wynwood, one of our favorite pieces

And I haven't done this in a while, but my whole #AngelDropART gig is based on my desire to want to 'tag' but not wanting to deal with laws and getting in trouble and such. I am hoping that I can get motivated to do more of these...right now I am in a rut, but I have 'dropped' about a thousand angels over the years.

Click here to read more about #AngelDropART

...one of the angels I dropped in Hollywood, FL a few years back for Mother's Day.

Which brings me to my last series, #WynwoodWhimsyJLG.

This series was inspired by an anniversary trip to Wynwood Walls to see the murals and visit the local breweries. I wanted to loosen up a bit, and play around with spray paint and stencils.

...just a gal and a lil' can of pink spray paint...

I really like how the bottom piece turned out, I did a quick watercolor face, then added spray paint, went back on top of the face with acrylic paint and then on top of that with marker to make the line work and details.

Oh, and did I mention STENCILS? So fun! I love using these, kinda reminded me of my undergrad days when I used to 'paint' with my silkscreens by layering them...I was too excited about the image(s) and too lazy to wash my screens- but it worked.

I also played about with some paint pens...these worked okay I reckon, they really soaked into the paper, which was okay for what I was doing...but I would not buy them for a true 'paint pen' look.

...just a random pic in the middle of the series...I worked some on phone book pages, that was fun!

...and now that series is complete. Overall I am happy that it looks cohesive, small changes from day to day, I can see where I revisited a thought, or worked with a media or visual technique within a few pieces. To create these pieces I would usually start with a watercolor 'drawing' (no pencil first) then block off areas and do the spray painting, sometimes using stencils, and finishing up with various pens.

Here is a look at the finished series;

I usually completely switch it up from month to month. I mean, I have started re-visiting themes that I enjoyed doing in the past, but I don't think I have ever 'continued' a series- for the most part I just switch gears. I feel like in some of my monthly themes that is a welcome change, I am ready to work with new materials- but I really have been enjoying using the spray paint and stencils and the black line work. So instead of starting something brand new I am continuing to work with these materials- but adding detail rendering with it, which so far is a contrast that I really like. My subject matter this month will be female singers/singer-songwriters that I like as a part of a theme I have done twice now, my #GirlTalkJLG theme.

In my 2016 series I started off just pairing random female faces with quotes i liked in the first four pieces, and then I had to idea to create a portrait of the actual woman and her words;

When I revisited the theme in February 2018 I was thinking about my students- that I might be privileged enough to be teaching the next supreme court justice, next world-class singer, or first female president (!). With that in mind I started the series of women that I admire- but as their younger selves.

I liked the piece enough but I just didn't feel attached to the work- it wasn't personal enough. And truth be told, many of the woman I admire are older and it's hard to find a good, clear image to work from on the interwebs...so I actually looked to my own students for inspiration. I selected a group of current and past senior girls that I had formed a bond with over the years and created their portraits with their own words.

Which reminds me...I gotta text my girls and meet up for coffee and art delivery!!!

...so September series...back to that- it will be a continuation of my #WynwoodWhimsyJLG series combined with the #GirlTalkJLG series (repeating that in case it got lost in my rambling) I plan on continuing with the spray paint, stencils and black marker but the face will be graphite. Female singer/singer songwriters and their words or lyrics.

That's it. Here are the first four pieces, to learn more about each one click on the image;

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#GirlTalkJLG complete...again!

Hey Look- it's ME!

​CLICK HERE TO READ THE VoyageMIA ARTICLE!

When (fur) folks are trying to keep you from bloggin'

Whimsy meets Girl Talk.

​I never did post any updates or summarize my August series. Heck, I didn't even properly introduce the series...but I kind of need to because it involves my series for September...so I will write a bit so I can explain my thoughts for the next series.

Here are some pics from the presentation/artist visit;

Click here to view my first monthly series, January 2012.

Click here to read more about #AngelDropART

Here is a look at the finished series;

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CLICK HERE TO READ THE VoyageMIA ARTICLE!

I never did post any updates or summarize my August series. Heck, I didn't even properly introduce the series...but I kind of need to because it involves my series for September...so I will write a bit so I can explain my thoughts for the next series.

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