Hiatus

Sorry I've been on a hiatus of posting. I've been up to some interior designing of my new place. I will post pictures when it is completed.

Sarah Vaughan

I realized that I like art that is not always the normal favorite. Sarah Vaughan is a lesser known jazz artist to Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald but I like her just the same if not more than them both. Anywho, acrylic on canvas 18x24.

Updates

I've been wanting to make something large scale with crochet but I hadn't fully managed to do something until after finishing school. I wanted something that would spark my creativity. There was a teacher I had who said, "You don't wait to become inspired to do something. You work until you are inspired to something"... and you just keep working. So what I've been doing is a series of projects that will fuel my next real project about there only being one race, which is human. My quilt is for my brother and is about his favorite video games to play growing up. I want to try and include as many characters as possible while still retaining a good composition.




I also did a video using my bunny imposters that I made awhile ago. I think I'm going to put on my list a spoof Art:21 video because I think I want to have a more real take on how I do my art now. It might change my perspective on where I evolved professionally.

Vellum Romance

This artwork is currently in the Gallery labeled Water Closet. (ha ha) I love it though. It's about sweet romance if it wasn't obvious enough. I'm in love with it everytime I look at it because I used a series of sketches to create it.

I made these letters inspired from the Aeropostale Hoodies and sweat pants.... I can't seem to find a nice hoodie to put them on... I want to make it Casual Sweet Lolita.... Um... I cut up my shirt to make one set and used fabric for the other...

Watercolor Romance

I'm still working on my watercolor skills. I just got a new watercolor set but I wanted to mostly used my old watercolors... This was the result. My boyfriend loves this. I was able to capture him better than myself.. surprising...

Tranquil Ice Cream

So my idea to make shrinky dink jewelry turned into a total bust because I was unsure of whether the paper was ink jet printer compatible.... definitely not .... so after sitting there contemplating what to do with the disasters I decided to make transfers with polymer clay.... They worked! And now I'm in love... this necklace is based of a doodle that I did a long time ago.

Talking about Art

Talking about art has a different feeling that making art. It feels sometimes like the idea can be misunderstood by pointing out a selection of particular facts. This is a teacher example I made for my sixth grade lesson for making our own version of Murray Tinkelman's Mechanimals. I loved this idea because the students were able to combine two seperate things that they loved or at least were interested in.

Etsy Shop!!!!! Liliesinmycereal.etsy.com

Yay! So I decided to finally put some products on my etsy shop--- http://liliesinmycereal.etsy.com/ . I'm so excited that I thought I'd do a photoshoot with some of the new hats I created. More to come later.

Appus Design Home Show

It's definitely fall, one of the best times for designers to showcase pieces they have been working on. I had the great pleasure of attending my friend Amy's Appus Design fall show. Let me tell you so much gorgeousness for my eyes to feast upon and I took some pictures to share with you. :) appusdesign.blogspot.com or appusdesign.com

Cake??

I haven't been thinking about art for myself that isn't dessert or breakfast related besides my stuff for my printmaking class but that was mostly dessert too. I'm working on a little thing right now about cake batter... and my neopolitan scarf is coming along nicely.

I can't wait to use color on this... it should be exciting... I can't seem to figure out what to send my art pen pal yet... I think I will send him sketches.

New Video

I was finally able to put a few words to a painting I did. ahem.

Polymer Fun

So I've been inspired but also feeling a little poor. I wanted to order all this Dessert Food Jewelry online but I don't have the money to throw out. Designing with my friend Amy, we came up with some cute creations. I made a Ribbon Holic inspired charm for a necklace, a cupcake charm, and a cupcake ring.

I'm also working on some painting but with little luck. I really need to put a sketchbook in my purse to save all the drawings i do instead of putting them on random pieces of paper.

I'm working on my first mostly successful knitted work. A extra wide scarf. It's very plain right now but I'm adding embellishments.

Life is so crazy. I'm nervous about all the things that are approaching but I need to move with my art.

Crochet Season Approaching

Break out the hooks and needles and prepare to be amazed.. I'm going to try things I'd never done before and hopefully fall in love with all the products. I've been doing a lot of sewing... My dresses turned into skirts but I'm still happy with them.. I still have so many things I want to accomplish before school starts.... Sigh... I'll just continue my work through school... Who knows what kind of job I could get anyway.

This is a hat I made recently.

One of the skirts I made to wear to an anime convention.

The other skirt and one of the bows I made for the convention.

One of the skirts I'm working on.

So much work to be done. I'm looking to do some printing on t-shirts in the next couple weeks... Hopefully to sell but also looking to barter for the things I covet most like food jewelry.... and evening gowns.. well I can make my own evening gowns....

So it's been a long while since I've updated. My life has been a little crazy but who's isn't. I've done some art over the past few weeks but not as much as I'd like. I made a couple hats and did some drawings and am sewing some dresses and skirts.

Designing and Coloring.

I don't know what's up with my updating. It's not really like I've been slacking. I've been working at paying the bills jobs and out some. I should be marketing and stuff when I go out... like having people put up flyers and stuff about my art. Anywho... I've been sort of on a sewing kick. I think some of my fashion designer friends are rubbing off on me. So I broke out my sewing machine but alas my crazy self decided I was too excited to draft some patterns with just woven fabrics... big mistake. I did make a hello kitty skirt but that will be posted when I actually take good photos. I think I'm going to buy some jersey fabric to make some dresses to go out to clubs in. Sounds like I wouldn't need to spend money every couple weeks to buy new clothes to go out in...
Dresses I want to make for various purposes.

Divas and love

I haven't done any new work besides working on the Appus Design photoshoot but I was playing around and came up with a short video so the people who look at my youtube would have something to view since I only post there every so often.

Kammie

This is a watercolor and chalk pastel work that I did thinking that I would surprise my friend with a painting of her daughter. I'm not sure I'm happy with it though. I feel like it's missing something. Not everything is a true keeper but I do like it enough to talk about it. Both times I've seen Kammie she's been sleeping so it made sense that she'd be sleeping in the painting.

My book that I was writing and illustrating is finished and I did some small things to make the time go somewhat. I don't want to feel like I'm slacking with my work. I should make a summer sketchbook.

Updateeeeeeeeee.... With Divas..

Sort of finished Divas..... I think I need to edit Diva with changing her hair highlights... and I think I may just add more contrast on Singing Diva and more paint... We'll see.. I want to work on Amy's painting...

singing diva

I really need to find my camera......

I think I like this more than diva.... it's more fresh... It surprising only took me an hour to do this.....