not very much to look at todayJuana and I are collaborating on another set of "Penciled In" colored pencil drawings for Art-o-mat. I transfer my drawings to blocks and Juana colors them, sometimes adding new elements. Then I paint the edges and add little wire hooks for hanging to the backs of the blocks.This time we are doing an edition of one hundred blocks. Tonight I am working on the little wire hooks while I watch tv...we need one hundred of them.
Beagle Puppy presents.
This is another collage for my Art-o-mat® series called "Animal People".
(I am falling asleep -- guess I need a little more recouping time than I originally thought! I will catch up the rest of the way tomorrow.)
Dear oh deary me. I truly don't understand why my scanner has trouble "reading" some of the colors on these little colored pencil drawings.
I will photograph this tomorrow and see if that will show that the background of this one is yellow and the glow is pink. The crown is orange and the jewels are magenta, outlined in very dark purple. It is also a little hard to see the tabby-ish markings on the cat.
Ah well.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
Update: See? The background is yellow. 
Whew...49 out of 50 -- one more to go!
Then all that is left to do is:
1. Make the rest of the twisty wire hangers for the backs
2. Print out and affix the labels to the boxes
3. Drop the drawings and inserts into the boxes
4. Wrap the boxes in cellophane
5. Pack 'em up
6. Ship 'em out to Artists in Cellophane
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
I am not kidding...I cannot even tell anymore at this point. There are probably 8 different shades of green on this dog. I will get a second and third opinion tomorrow, but I think this one probably will not go into a machine...I am not happy with it but I put too much time into it to scrap it as today's post.
It's like my eyes are totally fried tonight...like they soaked up waaaaaay too much bright sunshine and colors today. Over stimulation or something...maybe the lighting in the studio is just too harsh tonight. I don't know.
I went to the Farmer's Market in Northville this morning to buy flowers for the yard. At 8 am it was already so bright I almost couldn't see. Then all those colors of flowers and people and cars...it was a madhouse. Later I was joined by my friend Andi (who will be doing the planting tomorrow) and we went to two garden centers and a gardeny store (gazing balls, wind chimes, statuary...that kind of gardeny store). When I got home I still hadn't had enough and I spent several hours in the late afternoon and early evening looking at flower catalogs...all those super saturated colors...man!
My eyes are just totally fried. Or something.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®...or maybe not...probably not. Sheesh.
Update: (next day) Andi suggested brightening up his "aura"...not sure if this helped...I'll ask her (and Annabella) tomorrow...it was almost impossible to get anything to show up on the red/magenta background.
Saturday Update: Andi says it looks fine now with the extra colors in the "aura". I will trust her
opinion.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
This character started out as an attempt to draw a hamster or gerbil, but it pretty much ended up looking more like a Wonderland dormouse. He generally comes in a rainbow of colors...this one is a pink-and-greens combo.
Forty-five down, five to go and then I start getting this set of fifty little colored pencil drawings ready to be packed up and shipped out to Artists in Cellophane!
I need to make some more twisty wire hangers for the backs, make the labels for the boxes, put it all together, etc...
This is a blue(s) version of my bumble bear character. He is usually done in pink or purple, but I thought I'd try him in a different color today. He looks like he is eating his cup, too (like his dog buddy a few days ago.)
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
A fluffy green cat with coffee. This is a stab at making a sort of a tabby.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
(And it is not at all even CLOSE to my midnight deadline -- yay!)
Oh geez -- I just barely squeaked in under the wire (my midnight deadline)!I like this pink version of the coffee dog. I think he is cute and cuddly, but he looks like he is eating the cup instead of drinking from it.
Or perhaps he is licking the flap on a green envelope.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
This is a cat that I usually make in red or pink. I was surprised to try it in blue today. I like it.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
Well, this is something I never expected to see -- a yellow version of my Wolfy character.
I know it doesn't look like it in this scan, but he is quite yellow.
I will take a photo tomorrow. It is too dark outside right now.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
UPDATE: Here is the photo from today. It still isn't "reading" as yellow as it actually is.
I still can't believe I messed up yesterday and forgot to post. Ah well.
Today's coffee cat has a color combination I haven't tried before: jade green under pale vermilion and orange. I like it. I think I will try it again.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
I can't beeeeeleeeeve I did that again! Yesterday was a bout day and I was doing a lot of last minute stuff and I thought that I posted this -- and obviously I didn't. Cripes.
heavy sigh
I like these shades of green together. It is a little hard to see the differences in the scan. I also tried making the steam from the dog's coffee with the silver colored pencil. I like how that turned out.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
(I hope to be inspired to come back later and write something more...but for now, here is the arto-art for today.)
It has been a l-o-n-g day today...lots of errands and plans. I could use a cup of coffee, too.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
Here is another version of my Mad Hatter, based on a ceramic tile I made.
This tiny portrait is for my series "Penciled In" for Art-o-mat®.
