Day 94

G

Giraffe is an obvious choice for the letter G but for the small g I wasn't sure. Originally I had the giraffe eating gumdrops. Then I went thru the dictionary and these were my other choices, grapes, groundhog, guinea pig, gingham, garden, gazelle, gorilla, galaxy, games gecko, grand piano (which could be really cute buy possibly hard to manipulate a giraffes body to playing the keys) and the one I chose gondolier in a gondola on the Grand Canal no less. It was too funny in my mind so of course that's the one I chose and this is the outcome.

Day 93

Cats

I think cats are so much harder than dogs in more ways than one. They don't come when you call, fetching is out of the question, they are completely opposed to tricks, they expect to use the indoor facilities and they never offer to clean up, and in general they feel they are far superior beings. With that said, this is my first attempt at a cat. I am going to assume I will get better.

Day 92

Venus #3

I got my Turquoise! But I'm still not in charge.I used my ruler and a pencil....

Look at that color combination!

Venus had trouble getting those fake eyelashes on and I almost had to give her a pirate patch to cover it up.

In the end, I still haven't got the picture from my brain to the paper, I feel farther away than ever. I have to take a break from Venus for a while and work on my Venetian Giraffe gondoliering in the Grand Canal.

Day 91

Abstract # 9

Since I went swimming instead of going for art supplies yesterday, I kept working on my abstract. Here's another one, it's a lot less orange in real, but I am not that good at fixing color on my computer. Today I shall buy Turq! But if I don't, I have a cute little giraffe all ready to go.

Day 89 & 90

The Birth of Venus

It was a hard delivery and it didn't come out quite right. I got sick, I can't make turquoise (I always mix most of my own colors, expect turq and magenta, I never seem to be able to get those right) and it was blazing hot in my un-airconditioned studio. Anyways, enough complaining. Last year I had this idea, what if Venus wasn't curvy, what if she had a 1960's hairdo and was a little embarassed about being naked, what would that look like? Well not exactly like this, but I still have it in my mind how it would look. I'm half way there. It is so excellently cool in my head, now if I could only get it out and onto the canvas, I have the most wonderful heavy gilt frame that needs a piece of art. I will get this right. I am going to the paint store today just to get Turq. and then we'll see who's in charge.

Day 90

Day 89

Last year's idea, with the last 2 day's worth of work

Day 88

Nothingness but Happiness

Yesterday I was ready to give up on trying to develop a new style. I like what I do, but there has always been a part of me that feels like I could do more, or express it in a different way. Today I woke up with a bad cold and couldn't think of anything to do. I found a little 1" x 1" scrap of paper I had cut out of a stylized dancer. The back round it what caught my eye. It was the most delicious shade of green, turquoise and a little lime and I decided to try to achieve that color. And this is what I came up with. It isn't anything, but it does evoke the feeling of happiness in my soul, so I like it.

I think I will frame this and put it on etsy.

Day 87

E