November 2012

Drawing was a Struggle

Not sure why but I had such a difficult time at life drawing and just couldn't seem to get it together. I was going for economy of line but I struggled with proportion. Hands too, urg. I can do the foreshortened feet, but hands grrrrrrrrr!

30 minute pose

Let's just say I am happy with the right leg and the foot, difficult angle, but I was dithering all over the place. I have decided I nedd

Graffiti Merge

Just experimenting this morning with merging an image of my painting (my son) and a photo of some local graffiti before I go off to my life drawing. Not sure what I think of it, but I had fun doing it.

C is for Circumbilivagination

design © corrine bayraktaroglu
ooooh, that sounds rather naughty doesn't it? It's NOT. It means going around in a circular motion as in: She saw lots of graffiti in her cicumbilivagination of the USA. Hard not to think it saucy though when one looks up the current definition of vagination but me thinks it didn't have the same meaning back in the 1600's, do you ;) Source Info: Phrontistery

New Work by Danielle Silva!

Tattoo by Danielle Silva

Tattoo By Danielle Silva

Tattoo by Danielle Silva

Danielle Silva has received some pretty stellar Yelp reviews as of late. Check them out by clicking the link at the top of the page.

Embroidered 3D Fly

I am just having way TOO much fun with the Free Art Friday Box-ism series. Just hope those finding them are too.

This one was inspired by Kurt Cobain's quote,

"If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop."

photograph, hand embroidery fly (with wire, gauze, silk embroidery floss, googly eyes), vintage green shag fabric, altoid tin , poop (embroidery floss

Altoid Tin Art for Free Art Friday

Altoid Tin, Hand Made Owl, bark fabric, photograph, branch, googly eyes

Had fun making this little owl and putting together the box for FAFyes

LINKS

Craftster: Altered Altoid Tin Tutorial

Tinnovation: Oodles of ways to use Altoid Tins

22 Manly Ways to Reuse an Altoid tin

A very PRACTICAL use

The MUSE has spoken and Henna Night Preparation

FINALLY

and

I have my ducks in a row

and

it's not even New Year's Eve & the requisite make a list of resolutions time

but

somehow after a year of plodding things have come together.

It will be busy

After THE WEDDING I can get cracking

but

in the meantime I started doing another version of my potty mouth piece.

I got a FAB parcel from my sister in law in Turkey for the Wedding

The Magic of Line Drawing

20 minute pose

It's been a year since I did any life drawing and I feel so SO rusty. I had such a hard time with the angle of the head and the feet. Trying to get that sense of skeletal and muscular structure from this angle and with just contour drawing is a real challenge. I struggled not to fall back on my comfort zone and blend and model.

So glad I was able to go and hope to be able

Free Art Friday: Karma Box

Somewhere in Yellow Springs, Ohio

altoid tin, computer parts, rubber cockroach,

glitter, and screaming mouth sticker by moi.

Always intrigues me that some people think they can say what they want, be nasty, or snide and then act like the victim when they are called on it or get a reaction. They troll the net and social networks hiding behind anonymity or the cloak of self

New Work by Brett Baumgart!

Tattoo by Brett Baumgart

Color Pencil by Brett Baumgart

Finished Color Pencil by Brett Baumgart

Tattoo by Brett Baumgart

YAY! NEW TATTOOS by Matt Decker

Tattoo by Matt Decker

Tattoo by Matt decker