Art – Page 40 – red paper boat

Art, Doodles

Staff Meeting Doodle

October 6, 2008November 30, 2015 Shelly

gel pen in steno pad
9 x 6 inches

This may look familiar. I’ve been working on it through several staff meetings.

Art, Collage, Paintings

More Tree Progress

September 27, 2008November 30, 2015 Shelly

In Progress
collage and acrylic on canvas
38 x 38 inches

The background is getting closer to where I want it. I’m doing a lot of scrubbing to remove extra paint, so the stretcher bars are showing through. I’ll have to fix that. And then, I can finally start working on the tree itself.

Art, Collage, Paintings

More Progress

August 17, 2008November 29, 2015 Shelly

It doesn’t look very different, but I’ve put a layer of sculpting gel over the tree, as well as another layer of underpaint on the background.

Anyone want to take bets on how long it took me to get paint on my iPod? For reference, I think it took me less than 24 hours to get my new camera paint-y. Aieee!

Art, Collage, Paintings

In Progress

August 10, 2008November 29, 2015 Shelly

acrylic and collage on canvas
38 x 38 inches

This is really rough. The paint is just a quick layer to block in the main shapes. I usually block in with the complement of whatever the end color is going to be, if I can manage to plan ahead that far. It probably doesn’t matter with acrylics, but with oils, doing so makes the colors pop.

The tree is all collaged with pages from an old paperback copy of Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge. I read it in high school and can’t imagine wanting to read it again (the first time was painful enough!), so it was a good candidate for recycling.

Art, Doodles

Staff Meeting Doodle

July 29, 2008November 28, 2015 Shelly

gel pen in steno pad
5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches

I haven’t done one of these in awhile. We haven’t had many meetings, and most of the ones we’ve had, I’ve had to miss. (Breaks my heart, it does!)

Art, Crankypantsing, Photography

Wing

July 22, 2008November 28, 2015 Shelly

It stormed last night, and this morning, there was a wing from either a moth or butterfly stuck to the window by my cubicle. The wind must’ve thrown him up against the glass.

And now, a rant.

I’m just about fed up with drive-by blog spammers. One of the art-related mail lists I subscribe to gets a steady stream of people who only post in order to funnel traffic to their blogs. It’s annoying as hell. “Hi, I don’t care enough to actually participate in this group, but I wrote something cutesy-puke on my blog. Please drop by! Andalsoplustoo, don’t forget to leave a comment! Hugs-n-Kisses!!!” How obnoxious!

If whatever cutsey-puke crap they’re blogging about is (presumably) off-topic for the group, then posing a “come visit” link is also off-topic, right? And if it’s actually on-topic, then why the hell can’t they just share their damned story with everyone and be done with it? I mean, what is the point of a discussion forum, if people are just posting links to outside fora, instead of holding those discussions within the group?