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2
Aug
2011
Globally Creative
I came across these globes by Wendy Gold of ImagineNations. They are so fun and fantastic! I would love to get a whole cluster of them and display them in a room…I would call it my Wanderlust Room. Only I don’t have any extra rooms – oh well, its nice to dream!
8
Apr
2011
Germination
I love spring. I do. I love the idea of starting fresh and new. Mother Nature yawning and stretching her arms after a long cold winter. I like the smell of fresh mulch and the dampness after a quick April shower. But I get impatient. I do. I planted some bulbs with my boys and while I do understand there is all kinds of magic brewing under the soil (because that is what I tell THEM), I want to see some leaves breaking through the dirt – soon. So I find inspiration in the process - the start – the roots – the growth - the germination. That is where this post’s sketch comes from – I made this from that inspiration.
28
Apr
2010
‘nude’ awakening!
I was flipping through channels on TV yesterday and I came across a scene in ‘The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2′ – it was where the ‘artist friend’ started her first day of figure drawing – her reaction was not unlike my own experience (except I didn’t hook up with my model!)… I was a freshman in college, when I signed up for figure drawing. I don’t know what I was thinking, but I was VERY naive to think the model would be clad in spandex or something (good grief!!). The model must have picked up on this because he somehow got me to set up my easel right in front of him (I forgot what exactly he said to me). I went about my business of setting up my supplies and looked up to start drawing and…”HELLO!!! Might you be wearing a birthday suit?!”…my head flew so fast back to my easel its a wonder I didn’t get whiplash. I fixed my eyes on that blank piece of paper for the longest time…when I finally composed myself to look up again…there was my model smirking at me in all his neckedness (I’ll just add that he was young and handsome, enough said!)…
I did manage to draw that day , by the end of class he was just lines and shadows. I have since taken many many figure drawing classes and I am happy to report I am not as flustered as I was at my first class. The images in this post are from a class I took a year ago. I wish I could find the sketches from that fateful day…
