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Drawmo!

November 28, 2007 2 Comments

overcoat girl illustration

Drawmo! is a group blog/flickr stream started by India Amos. You can join and post a drawing every day, giving you the venue and impetus to challenge yourself to draw draw draw. I don’t know about you, but I’m taking the challenge. A drawing a day? I can do that!

I found out about Drawmo! when they linked to some drawings I posted about earlier. I’m starting first thing in December and plan to do a solid month straight.

In the meantime, I’m working on my portfolio and doing more illustrations. Some are about to be published in an online magazine. I’ll let you know when that happens.

How do you like this one? It’s super 80’s.

Capturing light

November 11, 2007 No Comments

bathing cap girl on the beach at sunset illustration

lens flare- reeds on the pier

I’m so fascinated by light. It’s quite difficult to capture. Whenever I find an artist who does it so well (Spencer Finch and Philippe Rahm for two), I’m blown away. In my own work and play I try to explore light and the feeling or mood it can evoke. The illustration above is another one I’m working on to build up my new illustration portfolio. I want to evoke the feeling of the end of a summer day. The photos of the sun and reeds I took on Sunday while strolling with my husband and pooch in Piermont, NY. I love the way the little tufts on top of the reeds were illuminated by the sun.

Moleskine Project

October 17, 2007 4 Comments

SKETCHBOOK-cupcake hat

I just submitted a little drawing I did (and once posted on Maquette) to Moleskine project. They posted it and selected it to be part of the favorite’s section. How nice. I think sketchbook drawing is where the imagination can run wild…or silly as it may be.

Trust Your Style blog posts portrait icon illustration

October 10, 2007 2 Comments

MJM portrait icon

I’ve been quite busy lately making a slew of illustrations for Mary Jo Matsumoto (best name ever) of Trust Your Style blog. I’m having a blast working with her, she’s been so supportive, collaborative, and encouraging. Her designs give rise to so many illustrative and fantasy rich ideas. She’s planning a post with my illustrations and her designs as well as a little interview with me when it all comes together at the end of the month.

Meanwhile, I’m doing the finishing touches. She’s keeping them under wraps but posted the portrait icon (above) I did of her on her blog (I’m so flattered).

It’s been very fulfilling creatively to do this kind of work again and made me realize where my heart is artistically.

More to come soon…

DIY crafty sculpture/cake topper

October 9, 2007 2 Comments

Cake Topper

Maybe craft and art are one in the same? here’s a good essay exploring the age old debate.

Last June I decided to make my own cupcake tree topper for my wedding. It was fairly simple to make and quite fun (my mom made all the cupcakes).

I don’t think it needs to be relegated to the top of a cake, though that’s not a bad place to be. It could be used decoratively in a kid’s room or on a mantle or shelf perhaps?

All you need are:
pom poms (for the birdies), lace and other fabric scraps (to cloth the birdies), beads (eyes), twine, string (to wrap around the bowl to make a nest), plastic bowl (for the nest), tissue paper (for flower buds), hot glue (careful), sticks from nature (preferably ones that have fallen off trees. Be green.)

WARNING: people look at you funny when you take the sticks on the subway.

Since I’m in a grandma mood this week here’s my Nana Sally’s wedding photo, she looks like a porcelain doll.

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