Welcome to the Mixing it Up loves Cottonwood Arts blog hop!
Sept. 19th - Sept. 21st
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| This is a
closed blog hop, just for the members of the Mixing it Up Every Day Facebook group so that we can get to know each other better. (photo: Cottonwood Arts Facebook page) |
If you are
not in the Mixing It Up Facebook group, please feel free to leave a
comment anyway, then, if you'd like, we invite you to join our Facebook group,
Mixing It Up Everyday.
We would love to get
to know you better, too!
Listen up, Mixing It Up members! In order to have a chance to win the prize package from
Cottonwood Arts you must:
- Be a blog hostess
- Leave a comment on everyone's blog
Blog hop dates: Sept. 19th - Sept. 21st
Alrighty...now let's get to the FUN part!!!
A quote by Martha Graham inspired my illustration. It's very
profound and one I've come to memorize and recite whenever I feel that
no-good-inner-critic telling me her two cents. (Pretty sure you know
what I'm talkin' 'bout, right?)
"There
is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is
translated through you into action and if you block it, it will never
exist through any other medium and will be lost."
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| Most of my illustrations start off traditionally, with a simple pencil drawing, like this. At this point, I'm still working on her features and blocking in shapes to create a dynamic composition. |
When I say I'm a mixed media artist, I'm talkin' all kinds of stuff!!
Here's some of what I used for this piece:
pencil, ink pen, spray paint, acrylics, hand cut collage, stencils, photography, and finished as a digital illustration (Adobe Photoshop).
Here she is!
I LOVE drawing hair! Afros and long strands that take on a life of their own are my specialty! These are hand cut and collaged.
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| I always embed inspirational words or phrases in my art. For example, the words "U R worthy" are in the lower, right hand corner. |
I have my order book open to receive your special commission!
We were also asked to answer this question:
Are you a journal
hoarder? How many do you have and why different ones?
Hmmm. I don't think I
hoard them...I can say that because I don't mind letting others take a peek inside them! Well, I do have a stack of 'em laying around...not sure how many I have at this point! A good guess would be 11.
I like to keep different sizes on hand - never know what kind of surface I might wanna work on, so, I keep a
variety of sketchbooks with different paper finishes; cold press, hot
press, Yupo, Rives BFK...my faves.
I carry a 9"x12" sketchbook for my larger sketches and I also include ideas for my upcoming and future art shows,
One for my "free-falls" (where I study and play off other artists' techniques and determine if I want to incorporate them into my own work),
And a small, 4"x7" for when I'm traveling or walking around the city, or exploring nature. It's home for my random doodles, poems/quotes/jokes and paper scraps I find along the way.
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Well, that's all for now, my friends! I really hope you enjoyed what you've seen.
Before you go: Don't forget to grab my new button, in the sidebar!
Come hop along with us!! :)
Here are the links to everyone's blog:
Sandee Setliff
Tiare Smith Woods
Martice Smith II <---YOU ARE HERE!
Tiffany Goff Smith <--- GO HERE NEXT
Anna Turner Ely
Cat von Hassel-Davies
Terri Sproul
Sharon D. Estes
Betty Guffey Richardson
Tommy Jo Vilello Anderson
Melissa Willard Edwards
Donna Simmons Lueders
Jean Marmo
Tamiko McCurry
Blog hop dates: Sept. 19th - Sept. 21st
