![]() This weekend was very productive! I spent Saturday organizing and cleaning. Those closest to me know...I love organizing almost as much as I love art, which sounds pretty crazy but it is true. I finally tackled the little piles of 'stuff' that had accumulated in various corners of our place...piles of papers, receipts, pictures, random office and art supplies...it all adds up. I see those little groupings out of the corner of my eye each day and it stresses me out, like some unchecked box on a to-do list that I never can get to. Until this weekend, that is! Feels great! My day-long clean-up set the stage for me to be able to have a very creative Sunday. Instead of making a collage or a slideshow I am posting a gallery below, just to do something different. Enjoy!
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That is the best way to sum it all up....FANCY. I had the chance to go down to Fendi Casa in the Miami Design District on Thursday night as press for Art Hive and it was...fancy. Like, super fancy...beautiful...amazing. There was a silent auction and Christmas tree contest/auction to benefit Little Dreams Foundation, which is a charity founded by Orianne and Phil Collins to help children pursue their dreams in art, music or sports. I did my best to be fancy with my DIY necklace...but then I came home and finished up my art with a sparkly ring, and that was fancy enough for me!
![]() (Left) John and I biked to the beach yesterday and we saw this fun house right on the boardwalk with tons of inflatable Christmas characters...it's just so happy and tacky and festive...love it! Christmas at the beach, ya'll! (Top Right) CEDs 443-444 completed on Dec 9-10...still working with the sleep mask in the pieces, concentrating on detail graphite drawing and then letting loose with some watercolor! (Bottom Right) Watching the season finale of Sons of Anarchy and sketchin' some new little ladies for collages...it...was...INSANE! I am still reeling from what happened in that episode!!!! ![]() Here are some pics from this year's trip to Art Basel in Miami. It is a little overwhelming to come back from this event as an artist myself. On one hand, I am inspired. On another hand, I am discouraged. Then again, I am enraged. It's definitely a mixed bag. I had a long discussion with Jess about the experience...and I guess anyone out there making art...and well, hoping to 'make it' in the art world can relate. But I will focus more on the inspiration and just keep my nose to the grind, keep makin' my art. Eventually, maybe I will 'make it', too! For now, enjoy my pics! ...and just for fun, here is the link to last year's post about Art Basel; http://www.jenniferlovegironda.com/1/post/2012/12/razzle-basel.html ...so...not sure if I have mentioned this before, but starting and ending a new series is always tough for me. I usually use the suggested theme from the Creative Every Day web site, sometimes with my own twist...or sometimes I even go off on my own...then I make my pieces all month...but at the end, it's like I am looking for closure for the series...and I am always cognisant of what the series would look like if viewed as a whole. Even if it looks like its random...I do think about these things, sometimes I am more successful with it than others. But starting a new series...sometimes I get a little stressed, and it is totally self-imposed. Sometimes what I decide on is dictated by the imagery I associate with the theme or sometimes it might be a certain media that I want to work with, or even a technique. Last month I wanted to work with toned paper and Prismacolors. For this month, I wanted to get back to drawing. Initially I was thinking of using ballpoint pen. I have seen several artists on FB lately that work entirely in ballpoint pen and some of the pieces are just amazing- the amount of detail that they have achieved...the range of values..wow. So...my first idea was, "Hey- I'm gonna draw with ballpoint pen, too!" Ummmm....no. ART FAIL. It started off fine, the eyes were looking okay...then the nose...just...no. Then I thought to myself, what is it that I really want to do this month? I want to draw, check. I want to draw female faces, check. (I mean...don't I always?) I decided to take it back to basics and just grab a pencil. Then, just for some holiday inspiration I added some red and green watercolor. My goal for the pieces at this point is to work with contrasting the grey scale pencil drawing with the watercolor...and the detailed rendering with some loose washes of watercolor, allowing for splatters, drips and splats. So this is what I have come up with so far; Another thing that I have been wanting to do for a while now is work with some drawing and collage combinations. I had what I considered to be a successful series in March of 2012...meaning not only did I like the work and feel inspired as I was working...but it was also commercially successful. I never think about that first, but make no mistake- I am thinking about that and I would be lying if I said I did not want to sell work, because I do.
But always, my work is for me first, from my heart. I figure everything else will fall into place. |
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