Janeys Journey

Illo Friday - Flavor

My art store trip the other day included bookstores as well.  I now have "The Book of Signing".  Over 300 pages of hand and finger gestures.  Just think of the endless practice.

Not much

Haven't done much drawing the last few days - too much day work and too many evening headaches.  Did these this morning. 

And I'm thinking about what I want to do for the new year besides practice (etc, etc) and redesign the website.  I want to work on figure studies more and get some narrative into the drawings.  I want the drawings to be more then just some pretty pictures.  It's got to mean more to me because the viewer will take it to mean whatever they want, there's no control of that.  I see it as phases - the first were all those ATCs the beginning of the year.  They gave me the confidence to go bigger.  The 2nd phase being the color and the line.  To me the phases were more like jumps because one day I couldn't draw a real person and the next day I could.  One day my eyes were dots and the next they're eyes.  I know I need to make that next jump I just don't know what it is yet.  I'm sure it will happen when I'm not looking.

I'm teaching myself to draw here only instead of a classroom it's on line.  I think it's good that I post everything including the junk.  It makes me take a step back and look at it objectively as if I didn't draw it.    It takes away a little of the isolation, a way of saying I did this, I exist, I'm right here.

Tea?

Don't you love all those fanciful teapots you see at the art festivals?  I do.  Spotted this one in a craft magazine.

Gastro - New Fav

I added a wonderful artist to my favorite list - gastro.  Check her out.  Her journal pages wil make you very envious and she loves cats too.  What more could you ask for.

A Cup of Tea

   Listening...
After a while
   I take up my cup again

Not much going on, just trying to ignore an approaching headache.

The Closing Door

 

Zonkers is

Bonkers for dotta riffics.  And I don't know why they don't sell these in the stores anymore.  Except of course because they entirely overpriced.  I got my sets on Ebay.

Sketchies

I may be journal challenged but I do have lots of sketchbooks.  And this one is really neat.  9"x12", bleed resistant marker paper.  It's the most bleed resistent yet and from the copic people.  It comes in normal sizes too but I like this one.  I save it for little doodles and lettering practice.  No color (yeah really) just little guys with funny haircuts and big ears.

   

What does Laurel see

laurel in bloom
she lingers awhile
at the mirror

Alfredo

It's Freddy to his friends and there's 2 of them here.  These guys are on ATCs and are going out with postcards today.  I'm in a little bit of a ATC mood so if anyone would like to trade, just let me know - original drawings no collage or copies please, 3 for 3.