Poppy 01. Acrylic on 17" x 17" Canvas.
Poppy 02. Acrylic on 17" x 17"
Canvas.
But I
bet
Indigo will be hard.
"Indigo
is the color on the electromagnetic spectrum between
about 420 and 450 nm in wavelength, placing it
between blue and violet. Color scientists do not
usually recognize indigo as a significant color
category, and generally classify wavelengths shorter
than about 450 nm as violet."
—According
to Wikipedia
If I were defining it, I'd say indigo is the color of
the night sky. Of course, that might be hard to
capture in a sketchbook. There's always dark-wash
jeans I suppose. Guess we'll all just have to wait
and see what I come up with.
I got this
cute little baby moleskine in the mail today, part of
an exchange I'm doing with several other artists
(Robert Conley, Lisa Cheney-Jorgensen,
Megan Foldenauer,
Shane Vorhaben and Kathleen James). I need to draw
something on the first couple of pages and then
send Baby Moly on its way to the next artist on
the list. So what's the problem you ask? Well, now
that it's here, what the heck do I draw in it?
Ergh.
The only good news is the other artists seem to be in
the same boat I am. There's something about sending
my work out to people who's art I admire — not
to mention then scribbling in their books. Eeek!
Want more info? Check it out here www.flickr.com/groups/moly_x/
or www.moleskinex23.blogspot.com/.
And another thing — I should be receiving
another sketchbook in the mail soon from the
Art House gallery in Atlanta,
Georgia. They're sending out 500 sketchbooks as
part of the Sketchbook Project to artists all over
the world. We fill them up, send them back to the
Art House by August 1st and then the sketchbooks
will be in a show August 23.
Sometimes I could kick myself ... or bang my head on
my desk. It's easier.
Now there are still plenty of things in the universe for me to draw, but it was a scary dream. I figure it's sometimes best to go where your dreams lead you. Maybe then they won't come knocking again, even earlier. Yes, I'm doing orange tomorrow. Leave me alone.
WORK = heavy lifting.
Luckily, it was a no work morning and only a Work afternoon. Speaking of which, here's a little of what I've been up to. Don't ask how long it took to reproduce the starburst from the packaging. It was frighteningly easy once I figured out how to do it. The thing that I've always hated about Photoshop is there are probably half a dozen ways to do the same thing and achieve close — but not quite — results. Lets just say I used all six before I hit the jackpot. My client is Shamrock Companies in Westlake and their client is Travel Centers of America so drop into a truck stop near you in June to see my work up close and personal.
... I show my kids your site and tell them that even "professional artists" sometimes are nervous about that "first white page" so we leave that one in our little sketchbooks too and come back to it. I showed them how you decided to put the year's highlights as your cover page so they should think through what they want to do. So now you are inspiring 650 little people!!!!! WOW! Did you ever think about that?! Just wanted you to know - YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Mrs. Vickers
I'm inspiring people? Never in my wildest imaginings have I thought that what I'm doing here in my little corner of the world might be inspiring to anyone. Making art is something I've always done, like eating and breathing, so it doesn't strike me as being very special. I just do it. Honestly, I thing Mrs. Vickers is pretty inspiring — just check out what she and the students at Smith Elementary are doing. I wasn't keeping a sketchbook at that age! I just saw the light regarding sketchbooks two years ago, even though multiple teachers tried to show me the way.
Thank you very much, Mrs. Vickers. Although I have to say that I think you make a BIGGER difference. And, I hope my kids have an art teacher like you.
