AEDM 2009 day 6: sightseeing monster

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Still traveling. Fit in some sketching today, but haven’t had a chance to photograph my creations. Therefore I bring you a sketch I did earlier in the week: the monster sightseeing, in a city that looks vaguely like Munich.

AEDM 2009 day 5: Tate Modern Monsters

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Sometimes it’s hard to fit in art when I’m traveling. Currently I’m in London, and I packed really light so I wouldn’t have to check a bag. The only art supplies I have with me are my monsters sketchbook and a couple pens and pencils. So today I sketched some monsters from paintings at the … Read more

AEDM 2009 day 4: Ahhh! Monster!

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As I mentioned yesterday, I am participating in the Sketchbook Project, for which I was assigned a topic. The topic I received couldn’t have been further from what I usually depict. The topic label simply reads: Ahhh! Monster! It’s ridiculous how hard of a time I’m having trying to fill a sketchbook with monsters. I … Read more

AEDM 2009 day 3: Sketchbook Project

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I am participating in Art House Co-op’s Sketchbook Project, and AEDM has come along at just the right time to help nudge me to finish the project and send it off by the end of the month. Art House Co-op is putting together a library of small sketchbooks from artists from all over the world. … Read more

AEDM 2009 day 2: Tallinn in pigment and sand

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This was a canvas (40x30cm) I had prepped with black gesso mixed with sand. Today I got out a few pigments, mixed them with acrylic medium, and created this scene of Tallinn, Estonia (based on photos from our trip there earlier this year). I’ll probably tweak a couple little things, but it’s mostly done.

AEDM 2009 day 1: thank-you card

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Art Every Day Month is underway. I’m starting with a small project, a thank-you note for friends who hosted us in Toulouse last week. I could have worked on this little gouache scene for hours more, but I forced myself to declare it done and move on.

Hooray for Art Every Day

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Time to revive the art blog for Art Every Day Month, hosted as always by the lovely and talented Leah at Creative Every Day. It starts tomorrow. I participated last year and really enjoyed it. Once again I’ll be posting my creations daily, no matter how ridiculous they turn out. The other fun part about … Read more

Work in progress: Sachiko

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I make most of my color choices unconsciously. Or do I mean subconsciously? It’s not like I’m unconscious when I make them… Anyway, I’m amused to notice that the color scheme of the painting is very similar to the colors I used in the preparatory sketches. I guess Sachi is destined to have purple hair. … Read more

Studio, rearranged

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I am lucky to have a wonderful room to use as a studio. In honor of the Creative Every Day August theme, MOVE, today I rearranged to give myself more working space for art. The large table in the photo used to be my computer table, and I was using a much smaller table for … Read more