Sometimes you just need to play and feel like a kid again and see what happens.
Read MoreDay 119
Yesterday I heard someone share a composer's advice for breaking a creative road block- give yourself permission to fail. So here it goes again. It's a struggle to remember this but every time I do let go, I feel that much happier. Perhaps nothing comes of this idea as a whole, but maybe a stroke will trigger something else.
Read MoreDay 116
Continuation of the brain and heart theme. I'm pushing myself to draw even when I'm not sure what to do.
Read MoreDay 112
I took to a larger paper today and stretched out my lines. It was a time to abstract ideas I was holding on to as too precious a thing.
Read MoreDay 95
It had been some time since I drew a portrait in person. While studying, my friend let me draw him which I thought would provide a good and steady pose. But I forgot how much one actually moves around when reading and taking notes. Ha! Never the less it was a fun drawing.
Read MoreDay 93
After watching Lulu Miller's Creative Morning's talk I decided to take on some of her tips. You can say this is my brain yodeling to the paper and I'm glad it happened. When I started the drawing I was too attached to the original photograph I had found. Now you can see traces of this initial drawing but it's more like a trail a mouse would leave in the snow.
Read MoreDay 92
I had an impromptu drawing session today, drawing on my friend, Kirsten's journal cover. It's a portrait of her dog, Bailey. Turns out he dislocated a disc so it's especially meaningful today. Wishing a quick recovery for this cute pup!
Read MoreDay 85
I call this "Cat Interrogated." :)
Read MoreDay 76
It's been moving to see more and more people both in Mexico and Mexicans in other parts of the world protest what's been going on in Mexico for the past many years. I've been learning more and more about Ayotzinapa and feel sad and ashamed at the country's actions. All of this has also put into perspective my own family's reasons for moving to the states and what life could have been like for my sister and I should we have stayed. My hope is that we will finally come through with a more transparent government.
Read MoreDay 73
From thinking of the new Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, I remembered visiting the Bone Church in Kutná Hora when I was in college. I was happy to find some pictures I took from that visit. It's amazing to see the ornate nature we create with ideas of death.
Read MoreDay 72
This is a frame from a dream I had. Although strange imagery, when decoding dreams it all makes sense.
Read MoreDay 70
Inspired by Carey Merrick's (elephant man) skeleton. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been in his day.
Read MoreDay 37
A simple sketch of random thoughts today.
Read MoreDay 35
I started the drawing upside down but a quarter of the way through it felt right to turn it upside down. Can't believe how long it has been since I worked on a patterned piece like this. I felt so much nostalgia for my days in college studying with Barbara Rossi and Karl Wirsum. They were part of the Chicago Imagists group and are just amazing people and artists.
Read MoreDay 34
This is a super quick sketch of an anglerfish. It's terrifying (from my perspective) the way they mate here, but fascinating all the same. Definitely will revisit this and take more time on a watercolor. :)
Read MoreDay 31
Giving the cuttlefish another go with more time. But the watercolor will also come to be. These fish look so different from every which angle and light. Loving them. :)
Read MoreDay 29
Thought up some great ideas for drawings today! But for now I kept this to the point more or less. :) Loving piglets right now.
Read MoreDay 26
Started to think up new characters. This is a first attempt. Essentially, noticing my interest in skeletons and combining different animals, I thought to bring them all together. This one is paired off human to human, but you get the point. :)
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Day 24
This headline definitely got my attention today- "A Dozen Puffins Will Get You 800 Mackerel: Inside The Weird Economy Of Zoos." Or maybe the puffins will get those 800 mackerel...
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