A Drawing A Day, 9.8.08

Carrots. 37 minutes. 4 inches square. watercolor on clayboard. Lunch from today. Not sure how I feel about it. Scans always look better to me than the real thing.

On another note, I can't seem to find my Page-a-Day book and have decided to end this project. It wasn't what I wanted, the paper was too glossy, and it ended being something I had to force myself to do at the end of the day. Forcing wasn't what I wanted from this project, so I have decided to focus my energies elsewhere.

Page A Day, April 15 - June 3, 2008

So I decided that I really hate the process of putting all my images of page a day up. It is so tedious, and by the time I get them scanned, uploaded to both Flickr and Picassa, I just don't want to link each and put them in the blog. I love the image of how all the pics look in the Flickr page anyway, so I decided I would just show you that (this time I am showing all from Jan 1 to date, but in the future it will just be the new ones!) and then link you to the first page of the new images in Flickr and Picassa.

Picassa
Flickr

I hope this is ok. If you really hate this new format, let me know via comment or vote on the right.

Busy doing, not so busy blogging

I haven't posted in a while. I think that is good actually, as it means I am busy making/creating. Lots of freelance. Have been working on and off for a while on the new/modified design for One Pearl...this one has been challenging and fun and it is still in progress. Great cause.

Also have been trying to define "belief" and figure out how in the world to illustrate it.

Have been working on my sister's site for ReBook. Unfortunately, the old site was outdated, hard-to-update, clunky looking...I designed it my earlier days when I thought it was so cool to design everything as an image and chop it up and post it on the web. It is still in progress and some of the functionality doesn't work -- don't try to send a message using the form just yet...but the mailing list form works -- thanks, A! Are web pages ever done?

Did a few prints off of the design for ReBook...one of which I will add to my donation prints on Etsy.

Both are mixed media, printed on the pages from a very old and outdated Nancy Drew book -- this book actually refers to "colored people," which is why I am glad I tore the pages out. Outdated books like this don't need to be in existence! Ha, looks like the book I tore up, The Clue of the Tapping Heels, is 70 years old, published in 1939!

Anyway, I tried two different ways of going about this. One was I actually glued two ripped pages on a larger stock so I could print my favorite size, 6x6 inches. I probably should have glued the pages together, cut them to 6x6 inches and then adhered them to a larger page, but I was a little more "spontaneous" than that, so some of the have lines going right through the girl's head where the paper ends. Something to think about. But on the more ripped pages, I kind of like that effect, so we will have to see.

The other I printed directly on to a page. I had to shrink the image significantly. One thing I liked about this was that I had printed a purple background that I hated, so I printed over in copper...I love the depth that this created.

Additionally, I have been experimenting with Jacquard screen printing inks, which I LOVE LOVE LOVE. I am really learning how they work...it takes some practice. They were drying quickly so I added glycerin, and I really liked how that worked. Unfortunately, I learned my lesson the hard way -- a lot is not better. The blue ink took forever to dry when I added a little too much glycerin!

I made a cool invite/greeting card that I am also happy with, but that will also have to be for another time as I want the guest of honor to be surprised by it when her party happens in later June.

At the same time, unfortunately, my page-a-day and my drawing-a-day have become more neglected.

Page A Day, March 24 - April 14, 2008

Not much to say here...some more pages...I accidentally drew April 14 on April 15th's page, so instead on April 14, I drew April 15th's drawing. You'll see April 14th on the next set of scans. Man, is that confusing or what?!

Page A Day, February 12-March 23, 2008

I haven't been so good about these this time. It's really hard to keep these up when I am out of town and when I am not in a routine.

My apologies on how these line up -- there is something in the coding of Blogger that causes them to be askew sometimes. However, I'd rather spend my time making art than fighting the coding.

Page A Day, February 27-March 11, 2008

Well, you can clearly see the ones that I sat down and focused on, and the ones I left until bedtime!

This studio is so good for me because it forces me the peace and focus to make artwork.

I do love the ghosts that some of the drawings have left on previous days!

Page A Day, February 15-26, 2008

This is so frustrating. These images won't line up, but I really don't want to spend precious time lining them up. You can still get the idea of them either way. Enjoy.

When I finally back in the studio space, I hope to make these a little more mixed media. In the meantime, I got some great pens that actually write on this coated paper (next year, I would love if Moritz Zwimpfer Colour Calendar 2008 came uncoated! -- I can dream, can't I?) My only complaint is that they are a little too neon for me, but I have to say, that I love how they bounced off the page on the February 21 car drawing (the scan doesn't do it justice).

Page A Day, January 26 - February 14, 2008

I have a number of pages to post today. I am never leaving so many to scan at once again -- what a pain!

So...I am a little upset at myself...Why? Because...

1. I don't like many of these drawings in this batch.
2. I forgot to do three, count em, three, drawings! You can see the blank pages for yourself!

But, I do like those little sheep.

Enjoy!

Page A Day, January 18-25, 2008

Not much I want to say about this group, as the art itself and the comments below pretty much speak for themselves. As a reminder, click on the thumbnails for more detail, or visit the Page A Day link on the right to see all the pages in order.