Posts Tagged ‘Pen and Ink Piece’
Play Big!
How are you enjoying your Saturday? Let me encourage you to: Play Big! Work, rest or play, let’s put everything we’ve got into each day, and we will make a difference in our lives and the world around us. Fiddle on.
Read MoreIllustrated Title Banner for the Painting, “Wild Horses”
Happy Sunday! I hope you are having a wild and wonderful time. “Wild Horses” is the title of my newest painting for which I have been sharing the work-in-progress pictures. Now, watch for my next post when I reveal the completed piece. What is your favorite thing to do on Sundays? Tell me about…
Read MoreHorse Protection Day
Horse Protection Day is March 1st (I know I missed it by a couple months. I just found out about it.) It was founded by pet lifestyle expert and animal behaviorist Colleen Page to bring awareness to the plight of both wild horses and unwanted horses being auctioned to be slaughtered for their meat.…
Read MoreEveryone Loves a Good Race
A happy accident: posting about my newest painting of horses and the 2nd of the Triple Crown horse races, the Preakness Stakes 2018, happening this weekend. So, I couldn’t resist illustrating one of the favorites to win, “Bravazo“. His trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, has won with four horses before this. But really, it’s the…
Read MoreSelfie, Sorta
A selfie, sort of. A sketch of me, if I looked a little different. So, really, it’s a character sketch based on me. Sketching seems to be a series of choices. Which features do I include? Which features do I imply? How close to reality do I take this? How much do I let…
Read MoreWhen Red Beret Meets Raspberry Beret
Ever get a song stuck in your head? As I worked on my version of Picasso’s “Woman in a Red Beret “, the song, “Raspberry Beret “, by Prince floated into my mind. I started to wonder if Prince had been inspired by Picasso, too. And then, I realized the poetry of following “…berry”…
Read MoreThe Girl Who Left Home to Learn David Hockney
Oh, I had such a fantastical afternoon, once upon a too bright Saturday. I found my way into the strangely dim, yet clear light of a brand new art center and its surprising gem of a show: David Hockney‘s Etchings from his book, “Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm“. These fairy tales are…
Read MoreA Backpack to Go with the Red Beret
Every hip, urban, tech-chick needs her accessories and the Woman in a Red Beret is no exception. So I designed this slouchy backpack with techie mesh side pockets and cord-and-metal-bead details to set off her ensemble, while packing a laptop for her on-the-go coding needs. Wish I had one… What’s your go-to accessory? You…
Read MoreHappy 125th Anniversary, Vogue Magazine
Happy 125th Anniversary, Vogue Magazine. You’ve explored the ideal of women’s expression in society and made us ponder who we are and how we present that to the world around us for 125 years. The ultimate conceptual selfie. Strike a pose and blow out those birthday candles. I’m excited to let you know that…
Read MoreAfternoon, Revisited: A Couple Characters
A couple characters in study mode. Drawing loosely in doodle mindset often yields the best personalities. I tend to be shy, but I’m trying to loosen up and share. Are you shy or free-and-easy-going? See the evolution of this piece from sneak peek to color study to initial idea to character studies to characters…
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