30 day drawing challenge, part 3
21. guilty pleasure (mom guilt about liking the free time I get from 12 hours of preschool a week)
22. favorite cartoon character
23. actor (Jon Lovitz with NO REFERENCE because I.. couldn't think of anything)
25. best friend (when your best friend is like "It was aliens!" for like the fifty billionth time)
24. collage (ft Tilda Swinton, runway models, wasp nest paper)
26. instrument (Man or Astro-Man's theremin)
27. sentimental value (childhood blankie)
28. zodiac sign
29. meaning of your name
30. favorite outfit
30 day drawing challenge, part 2
11. Supervillain - Hugo as ENTITLEMENT MAN!
12. Elderly person
13. a baby
14. pet portrait
15. dinosaur
16. drawing without looking
17. delicious food
18. zombie
19. sea creature
20. dream job
30 day drawing challenge, part 1
An friend of mine put out a call on Facebook to join a group 30-day drawing challenge. I love those things! Sometimes I even finish them! The last one I did was the SpoonChallenge, but I chose to embroider and paint my pieces instead of traditional drawing. For this challenge I did them on paper. Some are pretty involved - I tried to fill in the whole page instead of just drawing a single centered subject - but some are quick cheater sketches. I love a few of them though. Here are the first ten, across five spreads.
self portrait / imaginary friend
recent dream / redesign book cover
childhood memory / what's in your bag
hybrid animal / scene from a movie
conjoined twins / superhero
You can view everyone's contributions over at PJ, Puffin and Friends.
Sketching scarves
I usually draw and plan in my sketchbook before I paint or embroider or applique, just to make sure I can do it, or maybe there's some kind of muscle memory if I draw it small and then make it bigger? I don't know. There are a lot of people out there who don't use sketchbooks, but I'm not one of them. Sketches and samples and little mockups are some of my favorite things.
That all sounds very pretentious to say when the page I'm sharing is this:
doop doop
Reminder: I'll be vending at the WTHS PTO Craft Fair tomorrow, March 7, 9am-3pm. It's in the 9-10 wing of the high school in Sewell, NJ.
Have a weird sketchbook page.
Wardrobe planning
This year I'm making a quasi-effort at planning my wardrobe sewing in advance. I looked at what I already have in my closet and drawers, and I think I need more color. I love bright colors! Why am I not using bright colors?!
I have all three of the Alabama Chanin books at hand, which have a bunch of patterns that can be modified into even more garments, PLUS I signed up for Natalie's Craftsy class because daaannng yes I want a coat and instructions on how to modify patterns for wovens. She has a new book coming out soon, too, and I will certainly get it.
For fabrics, I have three cuts of commercial knit yardage in my stash. I ordered twelve yards of jersey to dye for myself. Plus uncountable scraps and old clothes to cut up.
So far I've barely considered the patterns I have for wovens, but I do have plans on that front as well.
This is sort of working? I'm not allowed to start cutting any new projects until I finish one of my UFOS, I'm only allowed to consider them on paper, so I've worked out quite a bit.
Feral hams
pages 10-11 of sketchbook
We were driving on 95 through Philly and I saw a billboard for a performance by an oboist named Woodhams, and I kind of obsessed over the way those two things could be combined. Drew this later.
Starting a new piece.
I obviously have not made many things since the baby was born, but I'm getting some of my studio time back. Here's the very beginning of a new piece.
It started as a sketch in my book:
The night I scanned the drawing, I sort of impulsively decided to make it into a quilt or embroidery. I didn't have a plan yet, so I just made a template from a printout, cut pieces out of some hand dyed fabrics, and fused them together.
Then I stopped to work out some more details. I *love* sketchbook thinking and I really missed it. For me, making a whole piece is like solving a strange kind of problem.
So now I have a clearer idea of what I want the piece to be and what I have to do to get there. It could still all change in the future, but now I have direction!
50/52: Second finished sketchbook (#39)
I wasn't as happy with the content of this book; I posted a lot of scans to Flickr but I'm not sure I posted many here. Anyway, I filled it up before the end of 2011.