Illustration Friday-RUN

Okay, this is really weird... my first attempt at characature. But, I think I failed, I kept re-working it and made it into bad portraits. I learned something.... go for it, exaggerate, express.....otherwise it's lame.

Anyway, my thinking was RE-RUN, I love Seinfeld reruns, they still hold up and are really funny. I've been watching a lot of TV lately? Maybe it was the Emmy's, maybe it was Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, I tried to watch her new show, and don't get me wrong, I really love her, and I'm glad she won the emmy....I just, maybe it's the title, the old of the new Christine or something.

sketchbook

Ode to Bearry

My daughter Sunny and I lost her beloved "Bearry" at the mall a few days ago. We are very sad.... he actually was the only thing I bought for her before she was born, and she latched on to him right away and he went everywhere with us. It's like losing a pet. She actually is handling it quite well, she's very brave.

The Drawing Club -HAWAIIAN GUY

Summer Vacation

Wow, this is all I've been able to accomplish lately, I can't even think of much to draw in my sketch books in the morning...



Although, these are pretty good reasons why.....

Woman Made Gallery

This is a great gallery in Chicago that I am proud to be a member of, check them out, and visit the juried members exhibition either in person or right here by clicking on the title.

The image is a photograph by one of the jurors Jody Magrady, it is entitled Soul Tree, and I think it is really cool.

El Monte final poster

Sunny and I took the train downtown to Union Station to "okay" the proof. It looks great, just a little adjusting with the sky and mountains, but it's actually going to go in all the buses and trains in LA in September! AND, I already received my check. Public art is cool.

Illustration Friday-"Cleaning" from THE DOMESTIC LANDSCAPE

These are from a series I did in 2004 entitled "the domestic landscape" You can click on the title and see more. This topic made me think about that again, I have so many sketches with this idea and only a few finished pieces, I guess I was too busy doing house work to finish them. ha ha ha.....ugh that is so sad.....

The Drawing Club-THE MATRIX

Matrix was the theme, and I just didn't feel like drawing a gun? So I put a little kitty kat where the gun was supposed to be. I know it's kind of silly and immature, but I just had to laugh at myself, and it did make me giggle, because her face and outfit were so serious, and well... atleast I got a kick out of it.

a glimpse into my childhood

I went back to Chicago for a long weekend with my family visiting my friends family....
ooops for the missing s.

Illustration Friday-"Skyline"

Sucker for Shelley

This is one of my husband Allen's short films....
click on Sucker for Shelley
and you'll find it there on the first page, under "comedy"

Almost There

Where are we going again?

Illustration Friday-"Sticky"

My friend "Sticky"

Storyboarding

I'm taking a storyboarding class at the American Animation Institute with Karl Gnass, this is a sneak peek into why I haven't been working on any other drawings or paintings. I had to pin all 91 drawings up last night and "pitch" it. I think I did okay, for my first time out, but am really lack in the technical, and those tiny little boxes really throw me in terms of perspective. I'm going to try and clean it up, and follow some of the great critique last night and I'll post it, post haste.

The Drawing Club-OLD TIMEY SWIMSUIT

Bridge

As I was walking across the LA River incased in concrete, I saw these cool wisps of clouds.

The Drawing Club-The AVENGERS