Old Sketches

Again, I'm adding some old images to my blog for viewing. I believe I did these close to 8 years ago. I turned these into a painting on fabric. I am my own best model these days and I was back then. And I love the expressiveness of using markers and the bold colors. I still draw like this these days.

Daughter Day...

Saturday, Robbie worked on his car so I put my daughter in a car that we got from one of his uncles. Don't let her fool you, she liked the car when I zipped around the yard with it. She just didn't care for the way the snow felt cold (it was 35 degrees F).

Last night I took a couple photos trying out lighting situations with my darling daughter and I grabbed a back drop. Cheap studio set ups were my thing in college, especially when learning to take photos of my artwork. Course, I had to be quick since my daughter wasn't thrilled about me behind the camera instead of holding.

By the way, not a huge WI Badger fan but my in laws are fans of many Chicago teams (Cubs, Bears...) so I thought I should represent by buying Elizabeth a Badger outfit.

More old work...

I dug through some of my old college work. I kept many things and I remember a professor of mine saying that I can't be my own best collector. Maybe someday, someone will like some of it and want to buy it.

For now, I'll showcase it. Mind you, I did the following drawings when I was about 20 or 21. With my new family and teaching, I haven't been able to draw much of my own concepts these days.

Bald is Beautiful: This was supposed to represent vanity.


Mothers and Daughters: I have always had a wonderful relationship with my mother and I wanted to represent that.


My Mask: I was co-teaching with colleagues and we were focusing on masks.


My Feet: Drawn from a picture I took of my feet.

Can you keep a secret?: My roommate/friend and I at the time weren't talking to each other at the time.

Shoes have a soul and a sole

I never thought that I would actually find myself taking still life photos again since in college I hated it when it was a class assignment. I was always a people or places kind of photographer. But my daughter's things just have so much color. Her shoes can tell a story. Many were handed down. She isn't walking yet so she isn't wearing them out and getting her to wear them can be a chore.

Photography is not my strongest medium but since time seems to be an issue and my daughter's development creates problems with materials, I stick to digital work. Someday I'll get back to my illustrations.

Oh and yes, I had a snow day today from school and got teased from my husband for not shoveling him out of the driveway. So I have the pleasure of finally updating my blog. Tis' the season to be shoveling.

New Month but Old Work

So, I thought that I would post some of my old work that I did as research for a new class in the high school art department. I didn't realize how popular paper beads were when I started the project but there are a number of web resources on paper beads. This is just my version.

I found the Styrofoam heads at school because I thought the necklace looked better on. I used paper clips, memory wire, copper wire, card stock junk mail paper, and an acrylic medium for the necklace.

I'm a novice at jewelry but I love dabbling.