slogging along

Here's what I just finished in Ian Russel's mole:









Sorry for being late again, again...
This next time I will be as loose and fast as a whore on Aurora Avenue.

I need some loose drawing... I just got finished shooting a convention of rock/art screenprinted posters that are as meticulous as can be and I'm all anxious and edgy from it. (Even though I'm inspired.)

Take care everyone! :)

The domino effect

I was equally oblivious, and once I got the one from Ammon I sent off mine to Mike in New Mexico. Nothing quite like a movable deadline. :-) Sorry Mike!!

I Completely Forgot About Everything!

When I received the new moleskin in the mail from Steve it reminded me of our monthly exchange. I just sent one dust-covered book off to Willie in Texas. My apologies to all.

7 and 8 in Johnny Norm's: a bit of silliness

This is from a Wings 4 you challenge called Zen Suitcase. I made a "Zen backpack." It's all the stuff I want to take with me into my new improved life: my husband, love, happiness, paintbrushes, camera and books, my manuscripts, and the paper dolls represent friends and family. LOVE, yeah love. The backpack is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, the dubloons represent abundance of all good things, LOL! Ink and colored pencil with gesso and Wite Out for white.

Process

Here are two of the pix BB took of me working and two I took myself. The last one shows the two-page spread of the "finished" images (sketches). I like to work outside, but don't always have all the pens and pencils I need out there, so I tend to go in and out.

page 6 in Johnny Norm's: Variation on a theme

Amanita Muscaria Revisited, by Mary Stebbins Taitt. I prolly won't make a habit of this, but I stuck the scan of this into Photoshop and fooled with it and put the results onto page 6 of John's Moleskine, paired with the other one. I applied various filters, did some burning and dodging and "re-painted" parts. I was going for taxture. I may post a couple process pix because BB kept coming and taking my picture while I was working. Filters used: colored pencils, rough pastels, poster edges, wind. Also some layer blending.

One for Johnny Norm's, page 5

Amanita Muscaria, the Fly agaric, by Mary Stebbins Taitt. Pen and Ink and colored pencil. OH, and I used gesso for the white--I hate the yellow paper! You could theoretically get high on these mushrooms, but the dose to get high is alarmingly close to the fatal dose. I'd rather just admire them.

2 more in Johnny Norm's: Sheeraffes and moonbirds

1)The Rendezvous of the Wild Mountain Sheeraffes, pen and colored pencil. 2)Why the Moonbirds Flew to the Sun, graphite pencil.

Now it is really on its way to the UK

2 in Johnny Norm's

1)"Madonna and Child," "Paintastics," colored pencil, ink. I wasn't crazy about those "Paintastics!" They were basically markers with a brush and didn't seem to work well on the yellow slick Moleskine paper, guess I'll try them on water color paper and see if they work better there.

2)"Power to the People." Ink and colored pencil. Used metallic pencils but they don't scan well. :-( (I seem to be good at discovering things that do NOT work well.)(Wahn!)

I really enjoy looking over all the wonderful art--each Mole that comes has more to see. So fun! (But feeling a little inadequte). Clicking on these makes them a little bigger for viewing details.

Johnny Norms Arrove

AND WHAT FUN LOOKING AT ALL YOUR WORK! YAY! Such a treat! :-D

Tamed with a twang

Three more in Ammon's:
Tamed with a twang.
Eruption in a boot.
Devil in the detail.
Also apologies for lateness, this is heading off to Baggelboy tomorrow.

Mike's Big Big Book

Sorry, I've been a bit tardy this month. Should've posted off earlier but the Post Office took one look at Mike's big book and said I'd have to come back as the on-duty postman's got a bad back and the other postman's on holiday. Well, I went back and between the three of us we managed to get it on the scales, but then we had to go for a cup of tea while they made the hole in the mailbox bigger and sent off for a custom-built envelope. Still, we got there in the end...

Only kidding. I've had so much on this month I forgot about the time!



from top: thought process, grab, mr. fleas goes walkies, long soak (with condiments), tail, the infernal piano.
(click to enlarge)

Milo's Moly

On the way to you Steve!

The Indicator Game...

I saw a bumper sticker which read, "If you can't operate a turn signal, what makes you think you can operate a car?" I laughed so hard...Please indicate. :)

Why We Invented Remotes!

I just realized something strange. If you were born after 1983 (Millennial/Generation Y) It is possible that you have gone through life without ever changing a television set without a remote.
How did we ever survive?

Just an FYI: I am running late on the Moleskin. I will post on Monday.

tomato-face buddha in mary's mole

Andrea Martinez Moleskine Exchange (Mary's Book, Steve's page 7), originally uploaded by steev-o.

This one's the final collage/drawing in Mary's Moleskine. When I originally set off to do a series (I had a whole other theme to go with originally) in her book, I found some pages with photos of tomatoes in a magazine and instantly saw faces in the fruit. Anyhow, off to the mailbox tomorrow morning, Mary's book will be visiting Ammon in Pennsylvania!

Smorgasbord

Pages 3 and 4 in Ammon's book. It got a bit involved..
Deadline looms...
Page 2 below - minimal instead.

My Pocket Sun

tomato-face children in mary's mole

I want to thank everyone for the feedback, regarding the book idea. I'm extremely happy Andrea is cool with this idea too. Again, I know we're all busy and I'm hoping nobody feels pressured or anything. I think we all have a lot to offer, and maybe I'm being way too naive and optimistic, but I think we have a shot at a book. I just researched several publishers who I think would be into our work, including Chronicle, Phaidon, and Upper Playground, to name a few. At the end of the month I'll be e-mailing some people at Moleskine, to see if they can get behind us.

Some of these companies require about a three-to-six month wait for a reply, which is fine. In the meantime, we can still consider the online publishing route. I'm glad Jess has some contacts, and any help whatsoever is a good thing. We might want to consider doing a self-published book first then send it out to some of the pros afterwards even.

Again, I hope I don't seem to off-putting here, or gung-ho, but I don't want to see an opportunity for something good and let it pass on by, only to regret it later on. In the meantime, I hope everyone's doing well and enjoying the remainder of their summers, and thanks again for the feedback all!