A while back, I made this little wedding dress...out of old issues of Art Hive Magazine....cut out into over a thousand little flower shapes and attached to an old petticoat and part of a recycled bridesmaid dress. I was just making it for for fun, and because I wanted to participate in the Fashion ARTillery event at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach. So I worked on in, day and night. Cutting, gluing, attaching paper and bits of fabric to the understructure...then gluing gems and embellishments on top of that. It was one of the most time consuming projects I have ever undertaken to date. And it was worth every minute. Here is a timeline of 'the dress'.
...I literally spent ALL MORNING cleaning up and organizing in my studio. YAY! "To be the man, you gotta beat the man!" Or in my case... "To MEET the man, you gotta DRAW the man."...and his daughter...both championship wrestlers. Or at least that's what I did.
In college it always seemed to be me hanging our with my boyfriend at the time (now my husband- Johnny Nice!) ...me...John...and his friends, crammed in someone's dorm room. I always seemed to be the only girl. Oh well. Monday Night Raw was kind of a standing date for all of us. We practiced the 'people's eyebrow' and quoted Stone Cold Steve Austin. It was kinda a thing. It was our thing. Heck...John and I were even Macho Man and Miss Elizabeth one Halloween, years later! (We even ran into someone dressed like Hogan, don't worry, there was no drama) ...so John and I made the trip to the Magic City Comic Con- our first time EVER at a Comic Con...and it was pretty fun! We saw had a chance to meet Ric Flair and sit in on a question and answer session. (Oh, and there were a ton of crazy-amazing cos-play folks, fun merchandise and tons of amazing comic artists...definitely want to go again) And I gave him- Ric Flair- the Stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' n' dealin' son of a gun...yeah, HIM...I gave him my drawing. He asked who drew it and I felt so proud to tell him that I did- and that I drew it last night...and it was the original- and it was his. ...series still developing...coming along...still working on my rendering skills and sight drawing skills ('cause I am too hardheaded and lazy and just plain old fashioned to use a grid)...this ain't in order...but here is some of what I have been up to... But this week...something awful happened. Something sad. Something that I had no idea I would feel so deeply.
David Bowie died. He was a true artist, giving permission to let your weirdness shine to so many (including me!) So many good songs...iconic photographs...FASHION...performance...and don't get me started on Labyrinth- one of my all-time favorite movies. Just...thanks. Thanks for all of that beauty. And...so...I made some art. I know the series is called 'Girl Talk'...but hey, he crossed that gender line, was male, female- he was androgynous, he was beautiful. So I paid tribute one of his quotes (middle pic) and then to my favorite movie, by depicting him as Jareth the Goblin King and Sarah Williams, a gal just trying to get rid of her pesky lil' brother...until she does. That's all. Shine on, Star Man. I started the series off...kinda of testing the waters...feeling like I had a little bit of direction with women's faces, words (quotes/lyrics) and a focus on pencil and watercolor...then I made it just a little bit more streamlined after piece #5 (the Maya Angelou quote on the far left below)- I decided to draw portraits of the women that actually SAID the words...or were credited/associated with those words. This ups the ante a bit for me because if I am doing recognizable faces then they need to resemble those people...challenge accepted! In other CREATIVE news...I saw a post about Bullet Planning in an art teachers group I am in on Facebook and it caught my eye...then I forgot about it. 'Til today that is. I decided to look it up and wow...just...WOW. It's a whole 'nother world. Now, first off- I have made no secret about my love for planning and organization;
After spending about two hours reading blogs, looking at pics for inspiration and watching videos (I know...I'm an nerd) I realized that this type of planner could possibly be the answer to my on-going quest for the perfect planner. It's all about lists...and I kinda dig that. Plus, I can be creative since I am making the whole thing. Here's a peek at the mess I made working on this thing; And here's what I have so far- keep in mind, it's a work in progress and this is day one so much more to do! ...that's all I got for now! Looking forward to doing more research and filling this baby up!!!
|
AuthorArtist and Art Teacher
|