Continuing my 100 day self-portrait project, I'm posting days 17-34 this week. You can see the first 16 in this post. 17. gesture drawing18. letters19. profile in pencil20. conte crayon21. as flower22. oil pastel23. conte crayon24. large format25. multiples26. straight lines27. half face28. using foot29. drawing on drawing30. a favorite thing31. random thoughts32. random thoughts, [...]
This weekend I'm participating in two sales: First is the bi-annual Madison Gallery Night, this Friday, May 3 from 5-9pm. This time, I'll be selling my wares with other ceramic artists at Madison College, 2125 Commercial Avenue. There will also be items for sale from the Jewelry Art Metal students, plus free tours of the [...]
“For the perfect accomplishment of any art, you must get this feeling of the eternal present into your bones — for it is the secret of proper timing. No rush. No dawdle. Just the sense of flowing with the course of events in the same way that you dance to music, neither trying to outpace [...]
I've completed 16 days of my 100 day self-portrait project. I'm posting all of these self portraits to my Instagram stories, but I know not all of you are Instagram subscribers, so I'll post them here, too, in groups. Here are the first 16 days! 1. turquoise colored pencil2. single continuous line3. blind contour4. pressed [...]
I meet with a friend each month and we paint together. After taking a watercolor class last summer, we agreed that we wanted to continue painting. We weren't sure that we'd have the self motivation to paint on our own, so this monthly co-painting session keeps us painting! These three paintings are all from those [...]
BaptismBy Erika L. SánchezWhen the soft mouth of a word unhinges,it is sticky, it is feral. Beneath the plum treeI’ve woven my gray hair into a blanket.Do you think I’m pretty crouched like this?See, I am my own whore. Watch meswallow my own fingers. My head a wild tanglefull of creatures. Do you hear that [...]
For the 100 day project, I'm creating a daily self portrait. I don't want to feel stuck - with no ideas or creativity - on any particular day, so took some time for advance planning. Here's a list of drawing ideas I came up with. I don't have 100 different ideas, but don't mind repeating [...]
I started seeds this week. The last frost date where I live, in Madison, Wisconsin, is around the first week of May. So I have about 7 weeks until then to get my plant babies grown large enough to transplant into my garden outside. All the seeds I'm starting in advance are flowers. The red [...]
I'm in the process of making about half a dozen hanging planters. I thought this would be a great way to combine two of my favorite things: clay and plants! Above are two process shots: when I first threw the pots on the wheel, and just after I trimmed them and punched out three holes [...]
At the beginning of 2019, one of my goals was to draw every day. And I haven't done that. I've practiced creating almost every day, but not specifically drawing. I learned about The 100 Day Project somewhere on the interweb, and think this will be a good challenge for me. Here's the link if you [...]
