tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76370716370805902262024-03-14T09:46:21.574-07:00the art insideAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-70617576785186401912016-09-01T07:34:00.000-07:002017-06-20T08:18:41.837-07:00Play everyday: my "collage a day" sketchbook.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I believe that every effort you make toward your curiosities
is a step closer to your truest voice. Sure, you want to do work you like but
staying focused on play and curiosity means staying focused on learning.
Little kids know this so well, they know that making a mess leads you into
uncharted territory. But what makes it hard is that you have to take scrutiny
and analysis completely out of the picture when you play. When you practice
letting the intuitive-self lead you everyday, you practice how to trust
yourself, regardless of you own opinions. We forget that the process is much
more important than outcome. That’s probably why kids art usually feels so
fresh, it’s all about the process.</div>
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Daily creative practice is also a reminder that every step
you take leads you to learn something about yourself— something you didn’t know
was there. For example, when I collage I usually have to force myself to paste
the first few papers down. I can spend a lot of time just moving things around. It
occurred to me at some point that to “get it down” is kind of the process of
any art making. Making the choices and standing by those choices is what gets
you there. It takes courage to stand by your choices and we need to recognize
that aspect as well. </div>
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This brings me to the “letting go” part of it. I know I can
get so caught up in a “this piece sucks” mentality. Every time I would post
anything I would get so nervous, the inner critic would pipe up and tell me
“think again”. I still get nervous posting but forcing myself to share with
others has helped me feel like I’m putting myself out there in the world, and
that seems key to growing as an artist. </div>
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Finally there is the fact that a <i>journal</i> is really a<i> journey</i>. You can look back and see
your story in those pages. Whether you like it or not, you have a wonderful
documentation of your process, another way to learn about yourself, just like
re reading an old journal.</div>
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<b>Here’s some tips I complied on doing a daily practice of play. </b></div>
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could be for anything, not just drawing or collage, what ever you're curious
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-Set up some loose ground rules to start. Maybe it’s a time
limit. I do 30 to 45 min. If you have only just a bit of free time, 10 min is fine. Don’t get caught
up in the rules though. If you want to give it structure, go ahead but be open
to adjust it. </div>
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- I prefer one designated sketchbook for my
daily practice but you can also use a folder to put every piece you do in,
if you prefer. Don’t<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>let the book
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- It's all good. Stay focused on having fun, not if
it’s good or bad etc. remember, that's the inner critic talkin'.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Get inspiration from
seeing what other have done. Tell yourself, if they can do it, I can do it my
way. But be careful to not get caught in the spiral of worry about being as
good as someone else. It’s normal to feel that way but just stay focused on the
play. Look at what inspires you and start from there some days. Ask yourself
details about what you like about the piece. Is it the colors, the textures, composition
and so on. Find out why you love it and use that to launch you into a piece.</span></div>
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-Keep an ongoing list of your fascinations. I have a bunch
of post it notes near my desk with things that I want to explore and lists of
topics. It really helps me when I’m low on ideas. I just look up and pick
something Sometimes I pick a specific theme and just keep going from there, making it a series of many pages.<br />
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- Sometimes I see something in my minds eye and just want to see how that might translate in a sketch so I keep a specific sketchbook to jot down idea. Most of the time I just pick a paper and start making the image I have in mind.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- Have your
materials handy. If you need to spend a lot of time setting things up that will
bite into your time to create, just keep that in mind.</div>
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- Explore materials too. OK, so I just said to try and stick
with materials you have set up but now I’m saying the opposite. Just try new
stuff. Experimentation is the name of the game. Especially if you’re burned out
and bored. That’s the best way to kick start things again.</div>
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-Try a few ways of working. Some days I just play with
abstract color pallets and some days with more figurative things. When I play with
color palettes I just pick a few colors I want to try to use that day. For me,
It feels easier to just be abstract so on days I’m low on energy I try to stick with abstraction. Just consider how you feel each day energywise/mood
wise. That will play a factor. </div>
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- Be open to change you mind. For example, If you set your
self up to do a collage and then see something else you like, just be open to
switch directions. I often find myself doing that kind of thing.<br />
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- Time off. If you need a break just post a little do dad or
just something that is quick. When I go away I just take my glue stick and
scissors/exacto with me. I usually like to find my collage material when I get
there. Be open to let it lead you when you travel as well.</div>
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- Feel good about it. For me it's like going to yoga class. At the end of the class my teacher always says “now thank yourself for giving
yourself the time to practice today”. It’s always a good thing, you never feel
bad that you worked out right?<br />
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Finally, here's a little quote I love-</div>
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“What we give our attention to matters”</div>
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-Sue Monk Kidd</div>
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Just spending a little time listening to your creative self matters.</div>
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<b>Here are the first installment of my 220 page sketchbook. </b></div>
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<b>Pages 1-40. </b></div>
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To see any of these pieces close up just go to my Instagram page: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/carluccio7/">https://www.instagram.com/carluccio7/</a></div>
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If you like the video on Instragram and you follow me you will automatically have a chance to win a giveaway package of my stuff (value aprox. 100$).<br />
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or my facebook page:</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/maria.carluccio.545">https://www.facebook.com/maria.carluccio.545</a><br />
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Incase this video does not come up in your browser here's a bunch of the pieces from the sketchbook.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhL2XTTEuhO328mQjoupGnZV6lj8xnDG3SppKyLJnXy1KwJxjg_7cIhBYxMk9UKfqU3Kt2sNTwyK6dyZ9YXL9gcqhpXfEAG0ZNPb9xnRNx6MHDpMNr3fxql5Sf3OJCnkJZbjB1_DA4hAk/s1600/maria+carluccio_garden+group.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhL2XTTEuhO328mQjoupGnZV6lj8xnDG3SppKyLJnXy1KwJxjg_7cIhBYxMk9UKfqU3Kt2sNTwyK6dyZ9YXL9gcqhpXfEAG0ZNPb9xnRNx6MHDpMNr3fxql5Sf3OJCnkJZbjB1_DA4hAk/s400/maria+carluccio_garden+group.png" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKK4P9VzSnqitKelb5-UKE4Jgy8MVa_7W0qtjqmauOqeq8ui9QdrJCQz7-CZJAKjjYtjqbc5RomKtlmub6_nR7jwxsGer7DNuunG1p18JEIEwJrlGFSk9v4qHtUFiKsV7We3zohRdKkQ/s1600/carluccio_abstract.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKK4P9VzSnqitKelb5-UKE4Jgy8MVa_7W0qtjqmauOqeq8ui9QdrJCQz7-CZJAKjjYtjqbc5RomKtlmub6_nR7jwxsGer7DNuunG1p18JEIEwJrlGFSk9v4qHtUFiKsV7We3zohRdKkQ/s400/carluccio_abstract.png" width="400" /></a><br />
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<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-64221444559808644472016-07-03T09:45:00.006-07:002016-07-04T18:36:47.485-07:00D is for Dress - Up, about the process.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXixMVFHhgFdEKaBwn1AtMJ6ybn8Y8fmQI0441_OY3bg7o6NxgrX9b5mF6j-L-VUmRuow-4Rue-viNzf-q7mkeg2B0CiXqya1EcsKzyDamvGD6o4MiX9Hh7qwf5Cmc6AExLYEl2VedYE/s1600/ef+2.png" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5Zpjn4wWAzJ48ZnJBYVv5rmkx-kRE9J6KzKqhfjHawdPm2KeubTqJWIvzsmmEXe4i_MYmrjJRY8t2d_6BC3Zs9FQl8hpcmRHktpPqdBczGuUzbmJOgN3YNDsO4pwxs64UUyMnGBA8OI/s1600/EF.png" imageanchor="1"></a>Well, I've been meaning to post something about the making of D is for Dress up for some time now. It's weird though, I keep feeling like I need some distance from it to really be able to talk about it but about 2 weeks ago Nick Patton from <a href="http://www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/maria-carluccio-picturebooking-episode-56/" target="_blank">All the Wonders.com</a> called me to discuss the book for his podcast and that got my brain percolating again. I remembered I had a lot of screen shots and things I collected along the way that might explain my process and inspiration.<br />
First, I started with a different stylistic direction than what I ended up with. I was meaning to create the art with collaged fabrics, as you can see in these two samples. On the first piece I labeled the items of clothing in French, cause french always sounds so much more sophisticated!<br />
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On the podcast I talk about how many dummies had to be done, even for such a simple book. Initially I did this poster, after a of few dummies. I thought it might help to flush out the characters for the book, plus since I license my work to stationery and gift companies I thought a poster would be a fun thing to do anyway. After the made the poster I realized I could try to put some of the poster characters into a new version of the book. Here's a few dummy pages with characters from the poster. Some pages made the cut, others didn't. I liked the "elastics" spread but we opted for "Ensemble and Fabric"in the end.<br />
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<a href="http://storycorps.org/">http://storycorps.org/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-14434920023798866512014-12-10T07:41:00.000-08:002014-12-11T06:43:31.627-08:00The Teahouse<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently I had a class assignment to write a 3 page description about someplace I would want to visit. I wrote this piece about a lovely pond in Irvington, a place a love to walk my dog. It's my way of meditating in the morning, my walks in the woods with Paloma, my dog. I also had to create an illustration based on the writing so here's what I came up with.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-7747128686957144722014-10-21T08:13:00.002-07:002014-10-21T09:54:28.912-07:00Behind the scenes of my fashion book<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Maja loves to direct me on how to draw my characters, among other things. Here she is drawing fashion girls at my desk. I'm almost done with the last dummy of my kid's fashion book. I'm chomping at the bit to go to finals, mostly so I can make the deadline! Thought I'd show my crazy, cluttered desk, lots of research.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-78420561687081017072014-06-13T07:58:00.000-07:002014-06-18T04:43:30.730-07:00The Peculiar Zebra<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been making some headway on some sample art for a manuscript I wrote a few years ago. "The Peculiar Zebra" is kind of a labor of love. It's message is about self acceptance even when you feel like you don't quite fit in. I showed my dummy and sample spreads to my rep and she had some really good feedback in general. She felt the story needed more work before she could show it to publishers. So I put it on the side for now. I still love this story and hope to one day revisit it. The feedback form friends (and my teacher Rudy G.) has really made me feel like I should continue with it. It's been very important for me to explore writing and illustrating stories that resonate deeply to me. Writing is a lot like drawing, you have to grab it when it presents it's self. Sometimes an idea can sit with me for a while but eventually, if it's really strong, it will get written. Sometimes I write a story and it's simple and fun, other times it's more poetic and spiritually driven. The Peculiar Zebra started out poetic but somehow feels like a bit of both now. Here's the samples I have so far...who knows what's next.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-1099847685201770242014-04-16T07:26:00.000-07:002014-04-16T07:30:07.124-07:00Sue Monk KiddAnother incredibly inspiring discussion on SS. "What we give our attention to becomes our God". Sue Monk Kidd discusses the how giving our full attention to something (like nature) is a form of meditation. She talks about the importance of the choices we make for these present moments, what we let into our worlds, what we surround ourselves with. "We become what we pay attention to". Some how this take a complex idea and boils it down to such a simply stated belief.<br />
<a href="http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/First-Look-Oprah-and-Oprah-Book-Club-Author-Sue-Monk-Kidd-Video">http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/First-Look-Oprah-and-Oprah-Book-Club-Author-Sue-Monk-Kidd-Video</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-45210143613174508042014-04-08T08:12:00.000-07:002014-04-08T08:12:47.658-07:00Louis Schwarzman's amazing workThis interview was so inspiring too...I've been thinking about it for days...trying to take all of it in...I think it will come out in some way...art...poem maybe ...who knows...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-86419590425175172702014-04-08T08:07:00.000-07:002014-04-16T06:55:52.839-07:00"Nobody ever sees me"...Amanda Palmer sees you.I heard this on a podcast while driving...it was so profound. I loved it so much that I had to watch it today. Please, if you wonder why your making your art...please watch this. Making art is about connecting to others really...that's the long and short of it. Everything is about feeling deep, real connections.<br />
<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking">https://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-35211058266905092002014-04-03T06:58:00.004-07:002014-04-03T07:00:22.231-07:00MOCAA showHere's a little promotion for the MOCCA show this weekend! It's at the 69th regiment Armory in NYC. I'll be there from 11-12 Sat and 3-5 on Sunday. The FIT Table #F32.<br />
<a href="http://www.societyillustrators.org/Mocca_Event.aspx?id=10561">http://www.societyillustrators.org/Mocca_Event.aspx?id=10561</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-6733005651682657892014-03-13T06:46:00.000-07:002014-03-13T06:46:00.612-07:00My ManifestoUppercase had a call for entries on the theme of "Manifesto". I thought I'd give it a try. I tried to pull together some of my favorite, most inspiring thoughts...crammed them into a watercolor pattern and here's what I came up with. I put it up in my Society 6 shop too, incase anyone wants to purchase a print. <a href="http://society6.com/mariacarluccio/marias-manifesto_Print#1=45">http://society6.com/mariacarluccio/marias-manifesto_Print#1=45</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-33002161767604430282014-03-13T05:53:00.001-07:002014-03-18T12:41:22.982-07:00Oil paintingHere's a painting done for <a href="http://martinwittfooth.com/" target="_blank">Martin Whitfooth</a>'s class. He's an awesome teacher...loved working with him, what a treat. I thought I'd show the process of the painting. From sketches to finish.<br />
I have been fascinated with the idea of books as living things. Ideas seems to feed other ideas and words connect to other words. I'm going to try and do a poster with this at some point. My love of books seems to overflow into so many things these days.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-49115223617943787302014-01-20T12:44:00.000-08:002014-03-13T05:49:51.698-07:00Figure drawings<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Posting a few figures done in ink wash. I did these back in December. It was the culmination on many months of trying to get back in shape with figure drawing. Thanks to Melanie Reim though, who saw me through some bad stuff but just kept pushing me. Of coarse I won't post the bad ones but believe me there were quite a few. The top image is a color experiment I tried today. I wanted to see if I could get some texture in there...not sure I like it but it's worth trying out. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-48706098916025058552014-01-17T06:21:00.000-08:002014-01-17T06:21:16.951-08:00Elif ShafakCheck out this inspiring TED talk by Elif Shafak. It's for authors and all...just a great way to look at the world.<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction.html</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-16710135000399379182014-01-14T04:48:00.001-08:002014-01-15T05:56:10.371-08:00Kids portraits<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was dropping Maja off at school the other day and saw these fantastic portraits up on the wall by a classroom. It's like Picasso said "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up". It humbles me to see the creative energy oozing out of kids. I feel like I spend my life refining my craft and sometimes in the refinement I loose the essence of what was there when I started. When I look a children's art I see that essence. There is a spirit of each person coming through in a simple, clear way. I love the idea of kids doing their own self portraits, it makes me think- Why not do a self portrait every year, just like we take a school picture? Who knows, it's never too late to start.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes I will study how I want my characters to look. Do I want big eyes, small noses, and so on. It's fun to experiment with features. When I look at these portraits I see the way children make choices. How they too are trying out new noses and eyes and playing with with all kind of proportions. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are just a few portraits. I'll post more soon.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-22345874447108749262013-12-31T09:39:00.003-08:002014-01-10T03:04:52.853-08:00How To Write A Picture Book<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the great link about writing a picture book. Thanks Jenny Kostecki for sharing this. This is a broad overview but really helpful advice. Enjoy~</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-43512628069733626332013-12-18T10:22:00.001-08:002013-12-22T15:04:56.121-08:00A collection of dogs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally complied an illustration which features a bunch of my dog studies. I did two versions, one with names of some my dog friends and one with out. I sketched my dog buddies at Sugar Pond, at the Rumsford Dog park and the "Flaca Vaca" farm (plus a few other dog friends from my neighborhood). I treasure my walks around the pond in the mornings. I've made some great friends on those walks, both human and canine. Thank you Sugar pond friends (you know who you are), for the years of great conversations and comfort to just be myself. Also a shout out to Paco, Heidi and Tyler...my favorite crew in Stamford NY. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Click on the image to see it close up)</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653788413344734029noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637071637080590226.post-70094058606958285252013-12-18T07:00:00.000-08:002014-03-13T05:51:34.028-07:00Familiar faces<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought I'd post a few faces. I did these for history of illustration class. We had to pick 4 famous people to illustrate (I choose famous artists) and you had to mimic the style of 4 famous illustrator. Maybe you can guess these two? These were my favorites.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can watch the whole 24 hours of happy or just the short video too, It's really worth checkin out.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM</a><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I was walking my dog by the pond recently. I had my sketch pad with
me, I’ve been drawing dogs as you can see in an older post. I began to draw my
dog who was looking at a few ducks. My sketches weren’t working, I was getting
a bit frustrated so I began to walk away. Then for some reason I turned around
to see where my dog was and when I did I saw a huge egret about 10 feet from
me. I had not seen it there at all but it must have been there the whole time.
I was all geared up to draw so I began to sketch the egret. I was mesmerized
and it felt magical to be able to capture it through my drawing that day. After
the egret took off I thought how I
feel some kind of connections to egrets. Years earlier I had seen one and it
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Two days after I sketched the egret at the pond I got a request form Cricket
magazine to illustrate a poem called “the Secret Egret”. It was about an egret spotted
by a busy highway.</span><br />
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