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Sometimes this is a feeling that takes over and its quite difficult to get over.
I got sick. So, I decided to draw! This will be one of the old school posts where we show our work in progress, haha. I like to draw area by area, so I just chose once section of my piece and dedicated a day or two on it.
I really wanted to draw a mask since the beginning of the pandemic and I kind of want every artist to do this! In the future, everyone will look at art between 2020 – 2023 and see all the artwork that has vaccines, shots, syringes, masks, and viruses in them. I just think it will be really nice. Something for the grandchildren I guess.
Another thing I wanted to draw was a moon. I’m obsessed with the sky and kind of wish there was a better view of the planets, rather than the little specks I see every day. I don’t even know how you can point out a planet vs. a star, but people can do it!
More corn. I like drawing on my bed, especially since the days I worked on this were particularly cool. So my bed was more cozy to be on than my desk.
I did different colored corn too. I used an alcohol marker to color in the entire food first, then I went in with the Faber Castel pencils after.
At this point I did the same approach, but with my sweater. This is my favorite sweater.
Added some flowers, then I colored in the background. The background was actually the worst. I wanted to do a gradient, which I had done before, but because I started with a dark color first, I messed up. None of the colors blended so I ended up making most of the background purple. Next time I would color in the background all yellow, then go in with the darker colors.
Title: Positive
Year: 2022
Dimensions: 11″ x 17″
Medium: Alcohol Markers, Colored Pencils, Gel Pens, on Strathmore Bristol Paper.
I’m a little worried about the next two piece I’m working on. I usually don’t like talking about sensitive issues, but sometimes you can’t help it.
Thanks for reading!
I think there’s a lot to say about artwork, but sometimes it’s hard to come up with the words on the spot. I met a bunch of grad students and was blown away with the way they spoke. It was like they were born to publicly speak and share their work or what it’s about. You don’t know how hard that is for me.
Anyhow, my latest artwork is titled The Artist and The Muse. I kept hearing about the Muses, and I’m sure everyone who might be reading this has heard of them. The Muse, they give the artist inspiration—isn’t that beautiful?
I see something special in artists, I don’t really know how to explain it. But it’s like they have something special going on inside their head, like they’re tapping into something beyond words and visions. Is that crazy?
There’s just something very extraordinary for someone who sees a blank canvas and can somehow think of a way to fill it up. It’s just all so beautiful.
Specific art supplies used: Winsor and Newton Cotman Watercolor Pans, Faber Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils, Micron Pens, Sakura Gel Pens, and on 11″ x 17″ Strathmore Bristol Paper.
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There was a lot of thigs that took me to other worlds and eventually sneaked into their way of Lightning—my book. One of the huge ones was the Electric Universe theory, a theory some people may not think too much about or not take seriously at all, but still a theory. The main part I like the most is the idea of seeing the planets as close as the moon. To see Mars, Venus, and Saturn all close up and intertwined into each other, I don’t know, I just like that idea.
Anyway, I drew this a while back and it’s one of the illustrations in my book.
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When I saw a movie called The Dead Girl (2006), there was a scene where the character Rosetta shows a polaroid of her daughter who had been murdered. The photo showed Krista—before she died—looking up in the photo as if it were a selfie. The photo made Krista look particularly prettier than she did in the movie and Rosetta says, “She said it made her look how she wanted to feel.” It was such a beautiful quote that always stuck with me.
So, when I drew myself, I made it how I felt. I wish I looked a little more like my drawing. Whenever I draw myself, I alter things just a little bit to my liking. When I was in my local community college, one of my professors mentioned that old classic paintings made the subject seem more glamours or beautiful because it was similar to photoshop. You just want to look your best.
Anyhow, this is just a shot post and I wanted to share my self portrait I did last year.
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Title: You Can Only Pick One
Size: 9″x12″
Medium: Alcohol Markers, Markers, Colored Pencils, Micron Pens, Gel Pens
This one took quite a while.
When I first began to pick up drawing, I never thought I would put so much time into it. It gets to the point I have to compromise with myself that sometimes my drawings may never be seen. Yet I’ll spend countless hours on an art piece. It’s interesting when I tell myself that.
For this piece, it started out with me wanting to draw crystals and vaccines. I thought nothing of it at first, but as time went on, the subject of vaccines became more and more common. Every day I’d heard about on the TV—even though I don’t have cable—or I heard it at college, then I’d hear it at the store, and it got to a point it was almost in ever conversation. It was hard and I know I’d be talking about it too, but I tried to talk about it as if it wasn’t a big deal. It’s crazy how things get like this, huh?
Over time, the subject of vaccines became its own thing, where it was like you were talking about a religion, or a niche college major you’re working on. I feel it turned into a “You’re either with us or you’re against us,” kind of topic.
And on both sides.
People who didn’t like the vaccine thought you were crazy and low key wished death on those who have gotten the vaccine. On the other hand, there were people who loved the vaccines, posted photos when they got it, and would eventually post how everyone who died of covid low key deserved it.
Same vibe form both sides. It was really hard to listen to.
So, I saw the shots as a new age religion, much like crystals and candles, but the vaccines seemed to be part of a newer age—the transhuman age—where you’re not seen the same with or without them. It’s so odd, so, so, odd.
Maybe I’m thinking too much into it, but just like everyone else, the subject was unavoidable. Perhaps in time this will all just be a painful memory. A memory where we will all wonder why we were acting this way. Either way, as some certain people say: It is what it is.
I hope everyone’s been having a good fall so far.
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I love making posters of my art like I’m about to have an art show. I know the dream is far from reach, but its ok. Thats why I just post my stuff anywhere and maybe someone will enjoy it.
On a side note, I had the most pleasant dream last night. Well, not the entire thing, but I seem to have noticed that dreams with turtles are so nice. I was on a turtle made of mosaic stone and we were riding in the sky. Such an odd dream.
There was a scary part of the dream, but once I got past that event, the turtle segment took over and made things nice a happy. I even remember the soft blue sky, the green color of the stones on the turtle, and the square pieces that covered the entire thing. I dont know where it was taking me, but I even remember a docking area. Like I let me off and I was able to get back on so long as I made the short distance jump to the turtle.
It was a massive thing too.
Aren’t dreams so odd?
Anyway, the drawing I am working on is one of me the way I wish I looked all the time.
I used prismacolor colored pencils on strathmore mixed media 140 lb paper. Good stuff.
A while ago I bought these pencils. Right away I saw a bunch of posts on Instagram about how horrible they were and a few videos on YouTube about the brand being over rated.
Instantly I regretted buying these and set them aside, horrified that I made such a horrible decision by buying the pencils. I didnt touch them for months and I thought I fell into a trap, meme, or evil sales pitch that wasted my money.
Then randomly I decided to pull them out, maybe three years after I got them. And I hated Instagram ever since.
To put it simply: I love these pencils.
Now this isn’t a post to compare one brand with another, but this is a post about how great these pencils are. I love them, they’re beautiful, and the color selection is out of his world.
I absolutely regret not playing with these pencils for years and years. I began to draw and toned paper and eventually black paper. Heavy weight paper, of course.
The pics are examples of my prismacolor pencils on black paper. I began to draw on my black paper only because I did not want it to go to waste, but I began to love it and adore how bright the colors can appear above the surface. I also use Sakura Gelly Roll pens for added highlights, only I don’t need to explain how well the pens are, everyone loves the Sakura pens.
So I made this post only because I wanted to explain that even though a person might hate a brand or art supply, that does no mean you will hate it. I thought Prismacolor sucked and then I actually used the pencils on my own and with my own technique.
I hope everyone has a happy drawing day! Some if my friends started Art School in College!! I’m so jealous, but I can still draw on my own.
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