Monday, January 30, 2012

Ink doodle

I don't have too much time and energy these days, so I haven't finished any "major" work in a while. I played with few scraps of paper and some ink to create an ink doodle.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Bistro sketch

Everybody advises location sketching to improve drawing skills. I try to follow the advice every now and then.
Quick sketch at the neighborhood bistro and quotes from the French newspaper.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Husky ... of sorts

I decided to draw the husky dod attached to my keychain. I don't know what made me think I could draw a dog...
He is genetically modified dog - combination of squirrel, dog and something else. He looked so sad that I decided to color the background with swirls of watercolor. I like the flower-like shape that emerged, I can see that as a stencil or a morph in an abstract painting...

Monday, January 23, 2012

Socks

This is the third pair of socks I knitted this winter. The second pair were a Christmas gift for my sister. I am knitting a coat now - post to follow as soon as I am done.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Doodles gone wild - take 3

This is the assignment for week three of the Strathmore workshop:

I did not have big paper, so I made some. I took the real estate supplement of the weekend paper and glued the pages together with masking tape. I was too lazy to take out the sewing machine. I gessoed, painted and stamped over the pages. The black and white doodles are on tracing paper and rice paper using acrylic ink and india ink.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Carpe Diem

Last week, I felt the need to sketch something. I remembered one of the items on the everyday matters list is to draw a watch. So I drew mine - in reality it is black. I bought it a while back from the Museum of Fine Arts boutique. I did not really need another watch, but I could not stop myself from buying it. It is different from any other watch I ever saw, with the two little windows going around. Super cute...

Friday, January 13, 2012

Doodles gone wild - take 2


Assignment for week 2 of Traci's workshop.  Not much else happened on the artsy front I am afraid. We just got one foot of snow and tomorrow it will be -30, so my inspiration is kinda frozen at the moment...

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Doodle gone wild

Strathmore started another series of workshops. The first one on the list is Doodles unleashed with Traci. I am not a doodler. Somehow, I still consider doodles a waste of time. I used craft paints, so the colors are a bit clouded.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Dragon Fruit

This was the first time I saw a pitaya - dragon fruit. I wonder if its appearance in the grocery store has anything to do with the dragon year fast approaching. I had to sketch it, but I did not like the first "version". I gessoed over and started over.
Doodled in some of the spaces created by the previous "incarnation" of the sketch.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Bottled flower

I drew this from a picture found on the net. Have to start using my own photos ... if only I can find the time to take the pics in the first place.
The background was prepainted. Watercolors in the new Stathmore pad.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The remains of the party ...

First sketch of the New Year: empty bottle of mousseux and half of a luscious cake from Première Moisson - my pastry shop of choice. 

Monday, January 2, 2012