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The 11th Annual Gage Drawing Jam

by Lis on Dec.05, 2010, under Sketches & Studies

So today I went to the 11th Annual Gage Drawing Jam.

Here’s my output:

Still Life Sketch: Flowers in a Vase

Still Life Sketch: Bundled Plants

Sylvia O'Stayformore

Gage Drawing Jam

Sylvia O' Stayformore

Plaster Model

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Attack of the Traditional Media

by Lis on Dec.02, 2010, under Finished, In Progress

Sometime in August, John and I were wandering through the University Bookstore in the U District when I had an attack of the art supplies. You know the kind? Where the art supplies cry out your name in piteous tones, begging you to make a project with them. In this case, I was beguiled by the tiny canvases and some paper maps, and in a wild brain wave, I decided to make tiny paintings for wedding favours a month before my wedding.

Yeah. I know. But I’m just the kind of crazy to pull it off. And anyway, we only had fifteen guests. And it’s not like the paintings were full-sized either. :)

So here’s the finished shots of all the wedding favour paintings:

Wedding Favours

Wedding Favours 4 of 15

Tiny Paintings

And here’s a few in-progress shots

First I gave each canvas a base coat colour (randomly chosen from whatever I felt like, since I have no idea what I’m going to even paint yet).

Painting At The Kitchen Table

Then I decoupaged bits of map to the underpaintings:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelfish/4982080770/in/photostream/

Then I sketched on the canvases and painted over the sketches:

A Horde of Tiny Paintings

We distributed the finished paintings randomly to our guests. Randomly, I suspect, to everyone except my brother, who miraculously ended up with the painting he’d been coveting. Yes, he was involved in the distribution of gift bags, why do you ask? :)

Here’s three more pictures I’ve done, post-wedding.

My grandfather (recently deceased) in his old Army uniform:

Grandpa Mitchell

Seahorse 01
Seahorse 01

Lionfish 01
Lionfish 01

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In Progress: The Octopus at the Heat Death of the Universe

by Lis on Oct.31, 2010, under Uncategorized

In Progress: The Octopus At The Heat Death of the Universe

Paper and acrylic on canvas.

The reference shot is mine from an earlier trip to the Seattle Aquarium.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelfish/3493087260/in/set-72157617485589129/

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Machine Intelligence: In Progress

by Lis on Oct.30, 2010, under In Progress

Current state of Machine Intelligence. (Okay, that’s not true, I’ve since inked the lines of the cloth and done more, but this is the most recent screenshot.)

Machine Intelligence Sketch: In Progress

Sketch:
Contropposto - Sketch

Inked Figure:
Contrapposto - Refined Lines + Grey Fill

Value Flats:
Contrapposto - First Value Pass

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Influence Map

by Lis on Sep.27, 2010, under Other People's Art

So there’s this meme going around, where folks post their influences. You can do anybody you want, although this one of mine is strictly visual arts only. I think I’ll do another one later with a wider scope.

Influence Map

How many artists do you recognise?

(If you don’t wanna guess, the answers are on the Flickr page. You just hover over the section, and the notes will tell you.)

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Great Great Grandma Charlotte Marie Parr

by Lis on Aug.15, 2010, under In Progress, Sketches & Studies

It’s been a while since I posted to my poor dusty blog. Alas.

But I have worked on some art here and there, and here’s one piece in progress:

Sketch of Great Great Grandma

Great Great Grandma Charlotte

This marks a broad departure from a lot of my work in the last decade because it’s traditional physical media and not digital. Acrylic on gessoed board, to be precise. It’s kinda weird getting used to physical artifacts of art again. Getting used to there being no control+z, no zooming in. I forgot that the hairs on the brush can tweak off at the last second, spoiling your perfectly curving stroke, or sometimes creating a happy accident.

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Sketching Michael Chertoff

by Lis on Jan.24, 2010, under In Progress, Sketches & Studies

BTW, this sketch does not constitute endorsement of Chertoff or his policies. It’s not “fan-art”. It was just a study because I thought his face would make fantastic reference for the Prototypically Gaunt Creepy Mad Herr Doktor. I think he needs an Igor to be completed. I found the pic at Boing Boing, and it seems to be the photo associated with his wikipedia profile and the official DHS pic as well.

Sketch of Chertoff

Inked In Chertoff

Painting Skin Tones

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