WWW.JENNIFERLOVEGIRONDA.COM
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • ARTIST
    • TEACHER
    • MUSE
  • BLOG
  • CONTACT
  • GALLERY
  • Press
  • SHOP
  • STUDIO 2-110
  • #AngelDropART
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • ARTIST
    • TEACHER
    • MUSE
  • BLOG
  • CONTACT
  • GALLERY
  • Press
  • SHOP
  • STUDIO 2-110
  • #AngelDropART

Coffee talk with 'da muse.

4/24/2013

0 Comments

 
The following is me finally sitting down to blog a little about a productive, art-tastic weekend I had...hey, better late than never.
Picture
Seriously, we need to collaborate, Tim!
This past Saturday, I spent the majority of the day sketching the current Alexander McQueen S/S’13 print campaign at Barnes and Noble, taking breaks to sneak off and read Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible…only to come home, nap, draw some more from the McQueen image and then go back to Barnes and Noble to read another chapter… sigh. 

John did mention that he was starting to be concerned with my love for Tim Gunn, but I assured him that it was harmless, then went into a lengthy diatribe about Tim's disdain for jeggings and capris.   Tim Gunn is my Barbara Streisand, and I think John gets it.  (BTW, Turns out, John agrees with him.  I know how to pick'em.)

And can I just take a minute and just say that the current print ad for McQueen featuring Sarah Burton's designs and photos by David Sims is so striking.  I didn't make it very far into the issue of Harper's that I picked up because I became so inspired by this particular image.  So I ended up making several sketches based on just that image...and will probably make some more.  Wow.  Like buttah.

Picture
Current obsession/inspiration/EVERYTHING.
Sunday morning...it was time to wake and draw...at the beach!  I was worried that the clouds would steal my sunshine, but light prevailed and I was able to get some sun on my face while finishing up my daily piece.
Picture
I need the beach in my life like I need art in my life...I can't swim but I like to be there by it just the same.
Next up on Sunday,  I made the trip down to Boca for the last day of the IMPACT: 50 Years of the Council of Fashion Designers of America exhibit. First off- I should have made this trip sooner (slapping myself on the wrist) I went on the last day of the exhibit AND it was on a Sunday…let’s just say it was crowded.  But I knew I had to see this show before it came down, and I am glad that I made the forty minute trip down to Boca Raton.  To be in such close proximity of pieces from so many influential designers was exhilarating. So…I sketched.  I sketched gowns, separates…side views, front views, back views…fourteen drawings on toned paper and Bristol board later, fingertips covered with conte crayon…and I felt pretty fulfilled leaving...
Picture
"Again I'm just a little verklempt. A little emotional, little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic. The jelly bean is neither made of jelly nor is it a bean. Discuss. Discuss! (holds it all in) There I feel better. Who knew?"
…while I was drawing I did have several people stop to inquire what I was doing.  Was I a fashion design student? (No, but thank you for thinking I was a student.) What was I going to do with these drawings?  (Ummmm…I don’t know)  I really enjoyed talking with each person that stopped me; obviously we shared a common interest if we were there at this exhibit.  I don’t want to design clothes.  (Accessories, maybe)  I don’t want to sew. (gimme a hot glue gun or some stichwitchery and I will see what I can do) I just want to draw beautiful clothes.  I want to be around fashion. I have been fortunate to have some of my illustrations published in Art Hive, so that is my only outlet for showing my work besides my website and social media outlets.  I make the work, I post it…and then…I inventory it and file it away.  It would be nice to sell some it, to show it, and I will keep my fingers crossed that might happen.  I would like to have work published, to go to fashion shows and sketch live, to sit in and sketch collections in stores and design studios, to build relationships with designers…or even just keep sketching from the fashion photography in Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue and in print ads- my original source of inspiration...yeah, that would be my dream.  I still love teaching and my regular ol' daily art that I make...but...a gal can dream.

…for now, I will just keep making a piece of art every day and feeding my love for fashion by drawing from the images that inspire me. Since I made the commitment to making a piece of art every day in January 2012 my art has really become what drives me.  I just want to keep making more work and trying to improve my skills as an artist, and allowing myself to become completely engulfed in my desire to just..create.


Picture
"Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you another topic. Duran Duran is neither a Duran nor a Duran. Discuss. There I feel better. Okay that's all the time we have this week.

Close enough. Close enough. Don't go changing just to please me. I'll tumble for you. Let's go to the phones the number is 555-4444. Give us a call we'll talk you know no big whoop. Hello?"

(Linda Richman,aka Mike Myers, 'Coffee Talk' SNL)

(...and, yes, today's post is dedicated to my Barbara Streisand, the one and only Tim Gunn) 
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Author

    ...just a gal trying to get this art out of my soul to share with the world on a DAILY basis...no big deal...check out my ramblings!-JLG

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture


    ​Archives

    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly