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Trying to sketch the butterfly

2/21/2014

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In the past my morning drive to work used to include a daily phone chat with a friend.  Our very own commuter version of "coffee talk."  However our schedules changed and we eventually commuted at different times so my ride to work (as short as it was - 20 minutes if I hit every light - 25 mins if I got stuck behind a bunch of left turners).  My ride became more quiet (not counting the radio).  The point of this ramble is I have an ADD mind - if I'm awake and newly caffeinated then my mind is a whirlwind of craziness and often some really good ideas strike.  On one rather regular morning ride as I was thinking of the Monarch butterfly painting  that I just shipped off to my mother I had an epiphany that it would be neat to do a black and white ink version.  It would give me a chance to do some of the details I wasnt able to do with paint.
Clearly I didnt think this one through completely ( we will blame it on the morning traffic and being jacked up on caffeine)
because I have perfection issues with pen and ink.  Perfection issues that I am unable to fully live up to.  Basically I usually end up ripping up the first 2-5 sketches before I either give up and never finish or finally accept  because it's hand drawn there will inevitably be imperfections.  Not sure why I have this issue - all I can say is it's more of my crazy train riding through.
The point of this riduculous story is I'm trying to persevere and here is what I've done so far:

beginning sketch

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sketch #2 (cuz first one was just a  rough - didnt really start out that way but sure as hell ended up that way)
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Sketch #2 ended up getting too rough - sketch above is #3 but black backround on butterfly wings was done in sharpie which didnt give me a consistently even black.  Most people this wouldn't of bothered them but me ......it eats away at my brain
Notice in sketch #3 I started playing around with pattern and design on the flower - none of which I liked
I'm hard to please i think
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Sketch #4 
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not sure if it's still considered a sketch if you use paint .....  
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Adding Ink!
I do like my rapidograph pens.  Especially the really fine ones that allow crazy tine details
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so that's as far as I've gotten but this weekend is Daytona.  I plan on parking myself at the kitchen table in front of my tv with my pens and my sketch while watching stock cars take lots of left turns at almost 200 mph.  It's gonna be a good time!

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New Camera - better pics.....hopefully

2/13/2014

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So For Christmas my family got me a new camera.  A digital 35 mm which I have been working very hard to learn how to use. My background is in photography but the old fashion kind that involved film, chemicals and darkrooms.  I was the queen of manuel photography.  However my version of manuel and my new digital camera's version of manuel are vastly different so bear with me while I try to master this modern beast and provide you with better exposed, less blurry (unless I intend it) pretty pictures.

First up - as I mentioned in the early post my Mom commissioned me to do a piece on a Monarch butterfly.  It is for a friend of my parents who's wife passed away a few years ago.  She loved Monarch butterflies....very sweet

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The finished product!

Also here are some better shots of the abstract I mentioned in my previous post.  
Remember the one where I'm warring with myself over color choices and have admitted my craziness?  
Remember that one? 
 How could you not?!  
It's where I came out to the world and admitted what a nut job I can be in my creative processes
Oh well -  here's hoping a pretty painting will make up for the fact that there's a crazy train running lose :)
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And remember those little ameobas (from when I wasnt crazy)
Well they are finished and photographed .   
 I'm getting ready to post them on my Etsy shop.  


Ameoba 1
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Ameoba 2
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Ameoba 3
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Ameoba 4
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and now for a random photograph not about my art
My fish Petri
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