I'm sorry it has been a while but I am planning
to do a show and I'm a little crazy trying to figure
out what I need to work on, print, frame, etc.
This is a fine arts show and I have only done
craft shows so I am having a bit of anxiety over
here. Therefore, I will be posting sporadically
for a while, possibly for a few months as I hope to
have a summer job. More about that later...
Soooo, I will let you know about posts via twitter,
Facebook, and Instagram when I write a blogpost,
or you can just check in now and then.
I was disappointed to find out I couldn't self
publish Balloon Therapy in the small format (like
4x6) that I wanted. The smallest format I could find
is 6x8. I made the mistake of illustrating it too small,
but it was a spontaneous sort of work from a sketchbook
that became the story so I guess it couldn't be helped.
Goofed up so you don't have to! Learn from my mistakes.
Check out standard format sizes if you want to self publish
before you start your book!
As you might already know I love vintage dolls.
These are a couple of my favorites. I found them at
flea markets but you can find one here if you wish...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mattel-1967-Liddle
-Kiddles-Skediddle-Suki-Girl-Doll-Walker-Blue-
/122477295601?hash=item1c843737f1:g:
paAAAOSwnHZYWdiI
I've been working on these drawings, adding a bit of pastel,
colored pencil and watercolor.
It's a challenge to work realistically, it's been too long.
Getting the fine details in realistic drawing really helps
when I get to my other style of work. I think it forces
me to look at every element, so when I get to the
stuff from my imagination the discipline is implemented
naturally. When I haven't drawn realistically in a while
I just forget and maybe get a little bit lazy. Making artwork
is work after all.
I'm thinking of adding quotes or surface prints in the
backgrounds of these but I am a bit afraid I will mess them
up. It seems like the best things come out of being fearless
in artwork though, so perhaps I will give it a shot.
May is Mental Health Awareness month. If you have a friend
out there who seems down in the dumps or lonely reach out to
them. Send a card or Facebook message, invite them to lunch,
watch Dumb and Dumber or another stupidly funny movie with
them. It's the little things ya know.
Be the first to guess the doll in pink's secret and win a free print!
Peace, Rachel
