Hot off the presses is the Summer 2008 issue of Somerset Gallery magazine in which appears a piece of my art I called "Unruly Girls Next Door." I used my MOO cards with my girls sketches on them. It was originally for an article I wrote on MOO cards when they had just hit the market and were hot miniature calling cards. MOOS are a terrific way to spread your site address around, the printing is nice and it's a unique business card for artists to hand out anywhere.
Sometimes I feel like I have a split personality. There is this serious, introspective art that I create when I get into this inner space. And then there is this fun, happy, art I create to kind of blow off steam and just make art in all it's unruliness....
Case in point...sketching. How I love the art of sketching. I have enjoyed bringing forth my unruly girls with their fashionista style...I always had an interest in fashion design since I was a little kid. But now I am wanting to sketch more...illustrate more, get better and better and take a pen and paper with me where ever I go to interpret my life around me. I have a lot to learn...but as with anything...practice makes perfect and I am itching to learn. So I created a blog called Sketching the Itch and I just launched it to inspire me to keep drawing and moving ahead with my desire to sketch, sketch, sketch! This site will be light on words and be a journal of my sketching. When I have the time I linger over other blogs and sites with wonderful sketches popping off the pages and I have decided to list as many sketch sites on this blog as I can so I would have them at my fingertips to check them often. So if you come across any cool sketch sites put them in a comment on the site and I will add them to the sidebar for all to see.
It's hotter than blazes outside...nearly 100' today...what's with that...so it's a good time to kick back and make some art in my studio.
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2 comments:
Ooo, I love that sketch of the girl. You have such a wonderful style. I'm in a sketching mood too. I'm drawing a portrait of my great niece feeding a squirrel. She's 4. My computer is in the shop so I hafta resort to art the old-fashioned way - pencil and paper. I can't work with pen and ink because I make too many mistakes. lol. I hafta have something to erase with. Wish I could to impressionistic art like you. It's a great way to unleash one's unruly self. :D
I am so happy you will continue your awesome sketches. Your Unruly series are fresh, fun, and have a great edge. I can't wait to see what you will come up with next. : D
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