TGIF

| October 24, 2009

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And TGIS. Last week was long and tiring due to a combination of a variety of things: weather, Homecoming Week at school = crazy students, workshops, trying to stay healthy, late buses etc. Late Friday night, we were both in a funk, just got off of work, but everything quickly turned around after making plans for some frozen pizza, Dark n’ Stormies, Double Chocolate Stout, Dots, and grilled T-bones. MMMmmmm. We capped the night off watching Grey Gardens with Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.

Btw, RISD girls, I thought of y’all and the Wild Colonial after mixing my own Dark n’ Stormy. Even BJ liked it!

side projects

| October 10, 2009

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Table design by Geoffrey Keating
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Snippets of a few side projects I’m starting to work on. And tonight, we’re eating at Feast! And there’s a cold front in Houston and we got to wear jackets. And there’s a student holiday on Monday so I get to work in a quiet room. And…I love weekends.

in a funk

| August 6, 2009

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B’s recent postcard for a opera event. All the information goes in the bottom black area, but I filled it for now. I’m going to try and scan the sketches he drew for this because they’re just as interesting. He had several cool ideas for this project that didn’t make it in the final design.  Plus, I’m always interested in rough drafts and seeing other people’s though process.

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I was in a funk a little today, so after wasted hours online and naps with Igby, I decided to just go for it and work on one of three canvases that have been lying around my room for a year. Since I haven’t painted for awhile, I used watercolors instead of oil. It allowed me to work quick and cover mistakes easily. The lips are way too puckered among other things, but it got me out of my funk. Mission accomplished.

Oh, I always leave the left eye until the end. I promise I’ll try to finish it and not paint hair over it like I did in high school. Yep…