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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Passion People
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Art Styles, Faces and Figures
As I said in a previous post I have been drawing faces lately. Well, on top of that I have been challenging myself to draw eyes, faces, full figures, etc. Let me tell you. It has been CHALLENGING. I am definitely learning things about pencils, drawing, etc. I am learning things about my style, things I didn't know were "My style" just as I wonder if other artists learned their style.
Like Justin. If you look at Justin's art you can see a trend in how his "eyes" are done. He does the same most of the time. His lips tend to be the same too, but not always. This is just Justin's style. I have been combing through his artwork lately since he does so many figures and noticing this.
Just like Tam from Willowing has a certain style to her art as well. If you look at the image below you will see w Whimsical character. This is often how Tam's art is. This is what she is known for.
One of the other artists I follow Kristen also has a certain way of paining her art. She often has large round eyed females with full faces. Once I started seeing that everyone has their own certain way of doingthings, it really helped open me up.
Ok one more then I get to show you mine... Suzi Blu. I admire her talent so much. She is an amazing Mixed Media artist and I am always blown away at things she comes up with and put together. HEr art pages or paintings are just phenomenal to me.
SO now onto my recent works and what I have learned:
See, I used the reference photo but I the the hair my way, I didn't do teh earrings exactly the same and I didn't add her hand like the reference photo has it. So in essence this is "My Style" of drawing.
This next piece is one I am working on right now. I have been using reference photos from Vogue and Glamour and In Style Magazines. I saw this add as well as some other men's ads and thought, hmm, I should try my hand at men. (That sounded SO wrong) I should try my hand at DRAWING men. There you go much better. But I didn't want to leap into the unknown charted waters just yet. So I decided to start with this one where I have a make and female as a reference.
I know it's a bit hard to see because it is in the works. If you click on it it, you can see it in the image slideshow and you can see more detail.
Well, she wasn't that much of an art school. Or maybe J has schooled me too well cuz her and I got into it about how even though the one book #234 Paris Paper for Pens, says it's for pens it's 108lb and is great to slide your pencil across. She insisted on the other other one #116 Artist Drawing Sketch. I bought both, but the one designed for pens really is much smoother, even fore pencils.
Like Justin. If you look at Justin's art you can see a trend in how his "eyes" are done. He does the same most of the time. His lips tend to be the same too, but not always. This is just Justin's style. I have been combing through his artwork lately since he does so many figures and noticing this.
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| Justin's Art |
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| Willowing |
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| Twinkle Twinkle |
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| Suzi Blu |
- When drawing from a reference, I don't have to follow it exact. I can do the eyes how I want, the lips, etc. Most especially, the hair, which now that I have done a few is starting to become "My Style" of doing hair.
- Something else I learned. Funny as this is to say, I didn't want to put the above drawing down until I was done. I get it now. I was up until 3 am one morning trying to finish this and I just couldn't. But I was in a groove or the Zone or whatever you want to call it. I never understand why some nights J would be for hours. Now I get it. Funny.
- When I came back to it, I didn't quite feel the same and it was really hard to get back into it. But I made myself do it or else it would end up as another one of those unfinished pieces us artists hate to admit that we have all over the place. :)
- I learned from other artists to have your own art up in front of you as a form of inspiration. So I cleared off a space in my room and put my art on the dresser and as you just saw on my mirror. How fitting I put that drawing with that bumper sticker huh. I did that on purpose to remind me that I used to think I couldn't draw. Amazing what one can do when one has the time. I don't know what I will do when I get back to the "Real World" but I am quite disciplined so I will make time. I have to. Look how good I am! :)
This next piece is one I am working on right now. I have been using reference photos from Vogue and Glamour and In Style Magazines. I saw this add as well as some other men's ads and thought, hmm, I should try my hand at men. (That sounded SO wrong) I should try my hand at DRAWING men. There you go much better. But I didn't want to leap into the unknown charted waters just yet. So I decided to start with this one where I have a make and female as a reference.
I know it's a bit hard to see because it is in the works. If you click on it it, you can see it in the image slideshow and you can see more detail.
- Lesson: Men stubble is hard to create on paper! GRRRR! I tried to apply "My Style" to his hair and well, I just don't know yet.
- Lesson:Two lips kissing and two noses touching is not an easy feat. Maybe I need to draw a man by himself. I have two reference photos I plan to choose from next. Hopefully they will be much easier.
I still need to darker the plaid in her shirt and finish his lousy stubble. I like stippling and this is kind of like it but so much harder. I did find one or two pics from J's artwork of men with stubble and it looks like a whole hell of a lot of stippling. I don't know I am sure I will figure it out.
So to sum up, I am really enjoying this time to "hone in" on my drawing skills. No more swallowing whole that I can't draw, because well, I can. I can quite well if I put my mind to it. Most of these pieces I am not inking right now as I really feel in the groove to draw faces and figures and eyes right now. Maybe once, if I get bored with that or if something jumps out at me, I will ink it.
Other than that I have been sketching a bit still but not as much sketches as I have been doing more drawings. I did however find these two kewl (Trishism) sketch books when my friend Cindy and I went to Ouray, Colorado. It's funny, we went to this little tourist town and the only thing I bought was sketchbooks.
"You know your an artist when..."
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| Borden & Riley Sketchbooks |
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| Marmot Art Supply Painting and Art School |
Well, she wasn't that much of an art school. Or maybe J has schooled me too well cuz her and I got into it about how even though the one book #234 Paris Paper for Pens, says it's for pens it's 108lb and is great to slide your pencil across. She insisted on the other other one #116 Artist Drawing Sketch. I bought both, but the one designed for pens really is much smoother, even fore pencils.
- Lesson: You may know something about art others don't and you can try to share but other might not believe you and it's not worth discussing. All that matters if you know and have a better knowledge about it for yourself. In the end, I guess that is something that sets you apart from the rest.
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| I remember to draw in the little white dots in the corners like I was taught |
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| I was trying to work on my lashes here |
Little by little "My Style" is coming around. Hopefully one day someone will be able to look at my art and say, "Oh, that is a Trisha Hunter piece"...oh what a day that will be! :)
Until next time...Love and Light,
Trisha Trixie
SOAR-Worry
Funny how the longer I do SOAR the less I put in my book and the more Anita does SOAR the smaller her assignments are!
Then the stuff I was doing this week that I wanted to put in my Art Journal...
As you know I am a Part of the Goddess Circle and one of the things I am participating in 30 Days of Goddess. One of the assignments was to color a Mandala. So here's the funny thing that happened when I was coloring this. I couldn't stop thinking about my friend KSM from Normal is a Setting on a Dryer. I remember how much she loved Mandalas. I remember how she had one in her purse when she was talking to this business person. Isn't it funny how certain things about people just stick out in our minds? So weird.
When I was coloring the mandala I just let my mind go. I just picked up pens and started coloring. The fun thing is how I love to color. I always have. So for me, this was a fun exercise. I started mostly on the outside and worked my way in. I started seeing it come to life little by little. I started seeing how one color could complements the other. I don't know why I picked these colors. They were part bold, part calming.
I did notice how in the middle and on the ends I have yellow. Funny. Because to me Yellow represents Sunshine. Shining. Brightness. Light.
What do I think hat means? Well, to me, if I were to read into this I would say I see the light at the end of the storm. I Shine. I was meant to Shine. I was born to Shine. I will Shine again. I am starting to Shine again. And DAMN it feels good! There is light in the center of me...at my core...deep inside. Those who know me know this.The Yellow in the middle represents the light shining inside me. The Yellow at the end represents the light I send out. I Shine and thus when something shines it doesn't just shine in one direction. It shines in many directions. The Yellow at the end is me Shining outward.
The other colors I am not sure but here is what I found:
Aqua is the color of high ideals.
Violet is the color of purpose
Brown provides a warm, comfortable feeling of wholesomeness, naturalness and dependability
Orange is a power color and said stimulates enthusiasm and creativity. Orange means vitality with endurance. People who like orange are usually thoughtful and sincere.
The prominent color in the Mandala is Pink and Green.
Pink provides feelings of caring, tenderness, self-worth and love, acceptance.
Green is the color showing change or growth
(Color meanings from Crystal Cure )
Then I moved onto the Hell Yes Hell No that I have mad a vision Board for but I wanted to put this in my Art Journal and I had not done that yet.
This is more in the part of Project Trisha
I am now doing the Paleo Solution and it is going amazingly well. I still suffer from wanting carbs and sugar and I know if Robb Wolf were in front of me he would scold me for keeping those in my diet but I guess I am just not ready to give those up yet, if ever.
I am doing so well though. I got this kewl thing called a Bobble. I fill it with water and it has a filter in it. I only have to change the filter once a month. It is kind of like having a Britta purifying system with me all the time. I drink way more water now. I have this small pink one. I should have bought the bigger one, but this one works for now.
I eat Sushi often for lunch. I eat fish mostly for dinner. Salmon, Tilpia, etc. As I said I am still filling my dies with things like Mac and Cheese, but at least it was my homemade kind, not some store-bought crud. I eat lots of protein as well and many veggies.
That along with my Body Sculpting-Jazzercise Class I go to twice a week, let me tell you, I am not only going to be fit, but I am going to have one rockin body! I Burn up to 600 calories in one fun and powerfully effective 60-minute total body workout. I work my whole body and it kicks my butt. I do this every Tuesday and every Thursday.
This leads into my Self Love part of my journal. I have been working on Self Love a lot in the past few weeks and accepting that it doesn't matter if anyone else likes me, loves me or pays attention to me. All that matters is if I do. I have been doing a Self Love series with a few of my life coaches and I made Collage boards you saw before. Three of them have self love quotes I read every day.
But this one I saw in the 30 Days of Goddess I first laughed and then thought, ok. The concept is when in the shower or bath to literally tell yourself that you love yourself. To say to yourself "I love my arms" while washing yours arms, "I love my legs" when washing your legs and so on. Let me tell you something...when I do this I giggle like crazy. Yes, I think it is silly, but the first time I did exactly as she said and I felt a bit better. A few times after that, I started saying "You know I have a really nice set of gams!", "You know, my breasts are amazing for a 41 year old!" "My ass is divine!" and though I still giggle and laugh, I feel more and more amazing! Try it, you might surprise yourself.
So that is it for my SOAR stuff and Art Journaling for now. Don't forget to Stretch Out And Risk. If you still want to join SOAR it's not too late JOIN HERE
Oh and if you want to know more about Social Media Anita gave me a group to moderate called Just Be Social and if you have ANY Social Media questions or concerns you can join that group called
Just Be Social-How to Be Social in a Social Media World JOIN HERE
Both are free, though Donations are gladly accepted :)
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| Let Go of Worry |
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| My Ex husband Scott used to always say this... |
As you know I am a Part of the Goddess Circle and one of the things I am participating in 30 Days of Goddess. One of the assignments was to color a Mandala. So here's the funny thing that happened when I was coloring this. I couldn't stop thinking about my friend KSM from Normal is a Setting on a Dryer. I remember how much she loved Mandalas. I remember how she had one in her purse when she was talking to this business person. Isn't it funny how certain things about people just stick out in our minds? So weird.
I did notice how in the middle and on the ends I have yellow. Funny. Because to me Yellow represents Sunshine. Shining. Brightness. Light.
The other colors I am not sure but here is what I found:
Aqua is the color of high ideals.
Violet is the color of purpose
Brown provides a warm, comfortable feeling of wholesomeness, naturalness and dependability
Orange is a power color and said stimulates enthusiasm and creativity. Orange means vitality with endurance. People who like orange are usually thoughtful and sincere.
The prominent color in the Mandala is Pink and Green.
Pink provides feelings of caring, tenderness, self-worth and love, acceptance.
Green is the color showing change or growth
(Color meanings from Crystal Cure )
Then I moved onto the Hell Yes Hell No that I have mad a vision Board for but I wanted to put this in my Art Journal and I had not done that yet.
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| Blissbombed-Hell No Hell Yes |
I am doing so well though. I got this kewl thing called a Bobble. I fill it with water and it has a filter in it. I only have to change the filter once a month. It is kind of like having a Britta purifying system with me all the time. I drink way more water now. I have this small pink one. I should have bought the bigger one, but this one works for now.
That along with my Body Sculpting-Jazzercise Class I go to twice a week, let me tell you, I am not only going to be fit, but I am going to have one rockin body! I Burn up to 600 calories in one fun and powerfully effective 60-minute total body workout. I work my whole body and it kicks my butt. I do this every Tuesday and every Thursday.
This leads into my Self Love part of my journal. I have been working on Self Love a lot in the past few weeks and accepting that it doesn't matter if anyone else likes me, loves me or pays attention to me. All that matters is if I do. I have been doing a Self Love series with a few of my life coaches and I made Collage boards you saw before. Three of them have self love quotes I read every day.
But this one I saw in the 30 Days of Goddess I first laughed and then thought, ok. The concept is when in the shower or bath to literally tell yourself that you love yourself. To say to yourself "I love my arms" while washing yours arms, "I love my legs" when washing your legs and so on. Let me tell you something...when I do this I giggle like crazy. Yes, I think it is silly, but the first time I did exactly as she said and I felt a bit better. A few times after that, I started saying "You know I have a really nice set of gams!", "You know, my breasts are amazing for a 41 year old!" "My ass is divine!" and though I still giggle and laugh, I feel more and more amazing! Try it, you might surprise yourself.
Oh and if you want to know more about Social Media Anita gave me a group to moderate called Just Be Social and if you have ANY Social Media questions or concerns you can join that group called
Just Be Social-How to Be Social in a Social Media World JOIN HERE
Both are free, though Donations are gladly accepted :)
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Inspiring Artists
For many, many years I was told I could not draw.
I swallowed this idea whole. I ate it up. Believed it and packed my pencils and pens and colors and markers and watercolors and anything that went along with any artistic endeavors possible...away.
Until I met Justin.
Justin is an amazing artist. He is talent beyond belief. I have never seen anyone put out a drawing, a pencil rendering or an inking with the skill, talent and time that he does. His graphic design is like the flash. Sometimes I wonder if he even looks, he's so fast and yet still so precise. His artwork is phenomenal. He is just such a stupendous artist, I truly look up to him. He did this Audrey Hepburn drawing for me in one night. It is my most favorite out of all the art he has done for me (and believe me, when you know an artist, there tends to be many).
Justin helped me to see that I not only have the ability, but I am a good artist. I just needed to learn the tools, skills and practice. He showed me drawings from his past where he had struggled too. He showed me pencils from high school and images and sketches from college. He not only helped me to see that this ability, though there, is a skill and like any great skill, as artists we must practice to be better.
The quote I will always remember he told me is a about a piano player.
I swallowed this idea whole. I ate it up. Believed it and packed my pencils and pens and colors and markers and watercolors and anything that went along with any artistic endeavors possible...away.
Until I met Justin.
Justin is an amazing artist. He is talent beyond belief. I have never seen anyone put out a drawing, a pencil rendering or an inking with the skill, talent and time that he does. His graphic design is like the flash. Sometimes I wonder if he even looks, he's so fast and yet still so precise. His artwork is phenomenal. He is just such a stupendous artist, I truly look up to him. He did this Audrey Hepburn drawing for me in one night. It is my most favorite out of all the art he has done for me (and believe me, when you know an artist, there tends to be many).
Justin helped me to see that I not only have the ability, but I am a good artist. I just needed to learn the tools, skills and practice. He showed me drawings from his past where he had struggled too. He showed me pencils from high school and images and sketches from college. He not only helped me to see that this ability, though there, is a skill and like any great skill, as artists we must practice to be better.
The quote I will always remember he told me is a about a piano player.
"If I miss one day of practice, I notice it.
If I miss two days, the critics notice it.
If I miss three days, the audience notices it".
(Ignacy Jan Paderewski)
I have always admired Justin for his talents, but more than just sit back and admire him I have watched....
watched and learned...
- Watched him and how he learns by taking classes and watching videos.
- Watched him connect with other artists and learn by their examples as well as mistakes.
- Watched him challenge himself by trying new things
- Watched him practice and practice and practice.
I have always wanted to do more with my art. I drew in High School and I took Graphic Design in college. Yet, I still wanted to do more. I have always wanted to draw more. I have always wanted to get my art out there more. I always wanted to draw more. I always wanted to learn to draw faces. I always wanted to learn how to do digital art. I want to get my work out there. I would love to one day have a piece or some work in a gallery. I think I have even surpassed Justin in some ways I think, not artistically, but in getting my work out there and recognized.
- I have started taking various classes from artists I admire.
- I have made friends with and connected with other artists some we both know and many on my own
- I have challenged myself my taking on new endeavors with my art and stretching out and risking and reaching artistically in ways I never have before.
- I am posting my work on my Art blog, on Create Every Day, On Willowing, on Shwe Art Kit, and on Pinterest.
- I post my work in Twitter, Flickr, Picasa and Phootbucket
- I post my Fashion drawings on SensaFashion
- I have automated my Art blog to repost into a special Facebook page just for my art
- I have quite the following in quite the many places and I just shake my head in disbelief the more and more it grows
- I have joined various art groups on Linked In that inspire and encourage my work
- I am like the pianist, I now practice daily...and I REALLY see it paying off.
Yet, though I see it my work and my friends I am staying with say "How neat and wow." The emphasis didn't hit me until tonight. Tonight I was treated with a special gift. A love language gift. One of my love languages is affirmation and appreciation. A dear friend I met in Brave Girls, Bea, re-pinned on of my recent pieces of art...
one of my faces...
and what board did she put it in???
I get an email when people re-pin my pins and her and 5 other people re-pinned my face I put up today...this one
when I saw that I started weeping for joy!!! Oh how my heart leapt with joy. WOW! Someone re-pinning your work on Pinterest gives it the potential to go Viral! It is like the Domino effect. One person pins, then another, then another...wow...the possibilities are endless. This one re-pin has inspired me to pin more of my work on Pinterest now!
ImagineFX has a Sketch a Day challenge I have been doing and while I don't do a small sketch each day, I do sketch or draw each day now. What a difference it has really made in my art! A year ago, I would NEVER have been able to sketch, draw or create a face such as this. Now, I am even challenged stronger because I don't have my light box which I was scared about leaving, but wow, look at what I can produce when I really push myself.
I am grateful to Justin for ego boosting my in my artwork and challenging me to where I could take the training wheels off my metaphoric bike and as scared as I was when he let go of the seat, I see now that I
can ride the bike without him holding on. Though it would be nice to have someone along the path like work out buddies, to inspire and encourage, but I guess sometimes we just need to see we don't need anyone holding the back end of the bike. We don't need any training wheels. We just need to look inside ourselves and be our our worst critic and out own best cheerleader at the same time! :)
Thank you to Bea and other who challenge, encourage and re-pin my artwork, like it on Facebook and are always supportive of me through my artistic endeavors.
You can find Justin's artwork at www.Justins-art.com
SOAR Update to Week 8
I realized I hadn't posted much of my SOAR stuff so I thought I would update you with some pics...
Two of the things I like to add to my SOAR is What I Trust and What I Know... IT actually took me awhile to write these out cuz I am kinda grey about both of those right now, but I still was able to write some things down. There are other things I would like to put down, but I don't feel solid enough to state those in Trust or Know yet...more like Things I think... :)
Here are my pages from the Previous weeks
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| The top one is "Fuzzy Boundaries" and the bottom on is "Rigid Boundaries" |
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| This is the front on my journal is I never showed anyone |
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| Get FIT |
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| Project Trisha- Healthy Map |
Two of the things I like to add to my SOAR is What I Trust and What I Know... IT actually took me awhile to write these out cuz I am kinda grey about both of those right now, but I still was able to write some things down. There are other things I would like to put down, but I don't feel solid enough to state those in Trust or Know yet...more like Things I think... :)
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| A Phrase a good friend used to say to me from his Nana |
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| One of my What I Trust What I know Sheets |
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| Bad Ass Broad Page |
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| You deserve to live the best Kick Ass Life |
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| 21 Kick Ass Tips & Tools |
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| Stop trying to be perfect |
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| Hate Less Love More |
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| Lesson 6 Transforming |
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| Words from my friend Rita to help me through |
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| Resistance Formula |
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| Courage Notes |
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| It takes Courage to Live |
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Sketch of the Day-Working on more faces
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