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Feb 8, 2012
Jan 31, 2012
Las Vegas sketches
Last Friday night I picked up Matt's mom, Karen, at LAX. We found a Kogi truck and had sliders for dinner, and the next day we met up with Jason at the Daily Dose cafe on Industrial St. for their wonderfully yummy Farmer sandwiches. After that, Matt, Karen, and I headed on out for Vegas! On the drive there I sat in the back seat and drew this quick sketch on my iPad:
I won't go into details about my weekend in Vegas with my husband and mother-in-law (we were celebrating her birthday and also treating her to a vacation in thanks for everything she did for us for our wedding back in November), but here are a few more iPad sketches from casinos we went to:
I'd like to refine my sketching technique for foliage. I'm a huge fan of Christian Schellewald's drawing and painting style, and I think this last week I've been more influenced by his work than anything else.
I won't go into details about my weekend in Vegas with my husband and mother-in-law (we were celebrating her birthday and also treating her to a vacation in thanks for everything she did for us for our wedding back in November), but here are a few more iPad sketches from casinos we went to:
I saw this young lady walking around holding a thick wad of cash:
I wanted to draw this guy mainly for his wild hairstyle (those sideburns! whew!) but I didn't get a good overall drawing of him. I felt rushed because of all the people walking right up to me to watch me and comment as I sketched, and one time a craps/roulette table manager (?) came up to me and chatted with me about the app I was using, and the stylus I drew with. (Matt and his mom think he was asking about the app and stylus for security purposes, not the one he gave me about it being his young artistic son's birthday next week and wanting to find a suitable present for him, haha!)
On the way back to Los Angeles I actually drew and painted one final piece on my iPad, but Sketchbook Pro CRASHED ON ME when I went to save at the end. It was a landscape IN COLOR (I rarely do color!). I was pissed but too tired to complain about it to anyone, so yeah. Hopefully Sketchbook Pro fixes that inconvenient bug.
Jan 25, 2012
Whole Foods People Drawing
Went to Whole Foods in Pasadena last night and drew for an hour.
Everyone was on their cell phones, except the one employee I drew.
That woman on the left? That black mass on her head is her hair. It was crazier in real life.
Everyone was on their cell phones, except the one employee I drew.
Sketchcrawl #34 - Los Angeles
Last Saturday, January 21st, was Sketchcrawl #34, and I finally got to go to one! (I always missed them in the past, a few days late every time I checked the schedule.) We all met up at Union Station, only a few blocks away from where I live in Little Tokyo, so I was able to get a ride there from my husband, and then I walked back after I was done.
Met a lot of really great artists there, was inspired by everyone, made some new friends. I love the Sketchcrawl!!!
Sketches from that day:
I saw this guy sitting in the waiting area and asked him if he wouldn't mind playing his guitar for us. We had him for about 7 minutes before we all had to leave for lunch break, but I got his contact info to send him this sketch. He had a crazily studded black leather jacket that really stood out from the crowd. A really nice singing voice as well.
Met a lot of really great artists there, was inspired by everyone, made some new friends. I love the Sketchcrawl!!!
Sketches from that day:
I also did one more drawing, two cops, one standing and one straddling his bike, but while I was finishing up the last details on the piece the standing cop walked over to me, saw my sketch, and asked if he could buy it. I asked for five bucks, he gave it to me, thanked me, and told me he would hang it up in the (police station?) office. That's the first time I've ever earned money for sketching in public!
The Drawing Club - Lady Steampunk
Last Thursday night I went to my very first Drawing Club sketchmeet. They had veteran model Stacy E. Walker dressed up in two Steampunk outfits, which were extremely fun to draw because of all the poofiness. Poofs are always fun to draw--the more extravagant, the better!
All of the poses were 5 minutes, which is perfect for me at my current skill level. Need to pare down those seconds though, and capture the gesture in a minute or so. I really want to simplify my line art, I love the minimal look.
Here are my sketches from that night.
All of the poses were 5 minutes, which is perfect for me at my current skill level. Need to pare down those seconds though, and capture the gesture in a minute or so. I really want to simplify my line art, I love the minimal look.
Here are my sketches from that night.
Looking forward to tomorrow night's Steampunk II drawing club sketchmeet. :D
Jan 17, 2012
Pink & Blue
Went to Kinokuniya today with my friend Alena. I got a 0.4 Hi-tec-c pen with dark blue ink and a light blue brush pen as well. I wanted to get their pink brush pen but they're out of stock right now, so they put in an order and it'll take anywhere between one and six weeks to get here.
I like the energy between pink and blue. It's really fun. Someday soon I'll get the other colors as well, purple and orange and green....
I like the energy between pink and blue. It's really fun. Someday soon I'll get the other colors as well, purple and orange and green....
Jan 15, 2012
James Jean @Gallery Nucleus
Matt and I went to the James Jean signing for his book Rebus last night at the Gallery Nucleus. :) We stopped by the Q-Pop shop in Little Tokyo first to check out their Thailand Flood Relief Fundraiser (my favorite piece was the unicorn costume...), though we didn't bid on anything as we're both low on cash this week.
At the James Jean signing I saw Dan Holland, an artist who I'd been looking for on Facebook but couldn't quite remember his name in the past. I met him during Rad Sechrist's sketchmeet at the Americana a few months back, and remembered being really envious of his drawing skill. He has a very confident drawing style, which is something I need to work on.
Anyway, here're the photos Matt and I took last night of our meeting with the one and only James Jean! It was a little nerve-wracking to meet him, as we realized in the waiting line that he was actually taking the time to sign everyone's book with a personal drawing and everything. As we didn't want to just sit there silently staring at him in awe while he was drawing the whole time, we tried to think up smart questions so that he wouldn't think we were unintelligent fans or something (lol). I think I ended up sounding silly anyway when I asked him my question, which was "Do you ever draw something bad? I always feel like I have to get through 20 bad drawings before I finally get to something that's just OK." His answer: "Oh, I come up with bad drawings all the time, I just hide them and never show them to anyone." I mean, I know that's how everyone works (there's that photographer's saying that for every one good photo you get, you have to shoot 100 bad ones as well), but still it was liberating to hear James Jean say that he actually draws things he wants to hide from people as well.
Matt says we could be long lost cousins. Hah, I wish.
