The Warblers Are Multiplying

My 100th Post!

And to celebrate, here are five little fabric and paper pieces I completed tonight. Some are stitched onto paper, some are attached to pieces of wood.
The colors are much brighter and richer in real life. The darker reds and greens seem to have disappeared in these images. I was impatient, and took these photos after the sun went down with just a desklamp as my lightsource.






They will be for sale (with others) this Friday at the Summer Art Walk at my work. I hope they're adopted!

Further Enlisted Likenesses

Come One, Come All!

I'll post more info nearer to the approaching date, but I'm having a solo show at the lovely Papercuts & Gluesticks Gallery in Rocky River, Ohio. The festivities will begin at 7PM on the evening of July 25th - the last Friday in July.

If you live in the Greater Cleveland area, I'd be so happy to see you there! Drinks and refreshments will abound!

The Dancer and the Musician

Two little works made of cut and layered paper, graphite and colored pencil. This project helped me to loosen up and allow some elements to happen accidentally, which was a nice change for me.
They make me happy!

Another Recent Commission

Commissions are fun and terrifying, simultaneously. Trying to live up to someone's (most likely) preconceived notion about what the piece might look like is nerve-wracking, and it's difficult to know if the final result is what they truly expected or hoped for.
But I try my best! All positive responses so far, knock on wood.

Recent Commission

More Posters

Posters!

Sometimes, My Sketches Make Me Happiest of All

Paper, Graphite & Oil

My most recent venture into mixed media: Still in their rough stages, graphite drawings painted with oils in paper dresses. Below this one, you can see the accompanying color study.

This one is actually nearly finished, but wet paint does not allow for happy scanning, so I can only show you what she looked like in the beginning. She is a fortune teller, and her tarot cards fluttering about her will be tiny cut-out and painted additions.


And here you see the magician - in the color study, I've blocked out (in a very scribbly way) the general shape and area for her leaping rabbit, which will be cut from paper and added on top of her dress.


Each piece measures 5x7 inches.

Thread and Paint and Wood

Three more little pieces to add to the mix...



And a preliminary graphite drawing on wood. Not sure how this will be painted - considering perhaps glazes of oil to allow most of the linework to show through, with heavier paint in the background and shirt. I think his suit will be constructed of paper or cloth...
As you can see, I'm still working out the details. Time to do a color study!



UPDATE:
Color Study!
I think I might add some blue birds flying around his head... Sparrows?
I know this is just a rough draft, but I feel like it needs more.