Full time mother to small child, good at drawing, doing what she can
Friday, February 04, 2011
The Bumpies
I'll level with you blog, I've been trying to shoehorn my natural self-loathing and intensity into some kind of workable cuteness, and some of my experiments don't easily fit into anyone's category, but bless them, here they are anyway.
Shoehorn?
In the meantime I've started an actually new (completely new) Etsy store, which I'll post about properly soon.
Here is a humble offering of pictures and punchy wordlets. I am a mother of one little girl. There is no more wordlumber, no more sitting on the hill contemplating, a lot more stepping on lego. I still think I'm quite good at drawing though
"ENVIRONMENTAL ART"
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I'm in a quandary because there's a type of sculpture that I like and it
has no name. I call it "environmental art," but that's a purely personal
name th...
Kickstartin' Mad God
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I was worried that Phil Tippett's rekindled interest in his old stop motion
film "Mad God" would go the way of so many other lost projects -- silently
i...
Wildlife Artist of the Year - Karen Laurence-Rowe
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Last week over 150 works of wildlife art selected for The David Shepherd
Wildlife Foundation’s Wildlife Artist of the Year competition were
exhibited at th...
Military Uniform Caricatures
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The illustrations of military uniform caricatures below were found among
the magnificent Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors site from the Anne S. K.
Brown M...
Obscurity of the Day: Miki
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It is the nature of the newspaper comics business that if a new feature
catches on big, me-too features will follow. And there's at least a
s...
editions Milan
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The week-end was absolutely gorgeous, warm and sunny in London. And while
most people enjoyed the sunshine in the park, having an ice cream or a BBQ
with...
Steve Mumford's Baghdad Journal
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Most of the observers in war are writers, photographers, or videographers,
but there have been a few artists on the front lines of combat in recent
years,...
First batch of Midnight Surgery giclee soldout
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I'll put another up for other regions tonight my time... looks like my
glorious stoer failed to charge anyone, ill look into this, it will recycle
soon if ...
CORRECTION: PSoA First Honor Award
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FIRST HONOR AWARD
Lynn Sanguedolce
*Tom Poynor in the Studio*
68 X 50 in.
oil on canvas
My apologies to Lynn Sanguedolce, who, in my haste to post, was
i...
Using Costume to Tell the Story
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In continuing the theme of how visuals can be used to tell a story better,
I wanted to talk a bit about the use of *costume. *
Costume and wardrobe can be ...
Eye Candy for Today: Bierstadt
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Sunlight and Shadow by Albert Bierstadt. Form the collection of the De
Young Museum, on Google Art Project. (Use zoom control at lower right.)
Lunch Doodles
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I was having lunch with Eddie and Sandra and telling them about some great new nature shows I've been watching called "Wild Australia". There are a lot more ...
The Top Ten Cosmo-American Musical Artists
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I just recently picked up a cheap used copy of the spectacular Bob Dylan mono
recordings box, and it got me to thinking. I suppose this is just an
invitati...
80's rewind
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Just when you thought shredders spikes couldnt get any spikier! think
again!! Some TMNT collab action with Carlos Villagra and Dustin D'Arnault!
dustin...
Deep Space Kazoo
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Here's a ton of art from the past few months! Sorry I've neglected you so
long blogger! Getting used to this new design for doing everything too...
Prints...
Marvin Friedman: "Jews to the rescue"
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Marvin Friedman wrote me many entertaining emails with many amusing subject
lines. The title of this post is from one of Marvin's emails - just one
exampl...
Last Call for Poe
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As I write this, there are 44 hours left in Michael Sporn's Indiegogocampaign to raise money for his proposed animated feature on the life and
work of Edgar...
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I'm pleased to say that my solo exhibition, "Rise," at Cube Gallery in
Ottawa was a huge success! I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the amazing
support ...
Figure Painting in the South Studio
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This month we followed Brendan Johnston, a fourth year painting student as
he completed a full color figure painting. At the end of the month Brendan
gave...
The Penguin Ronald Searle
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Searle had a long-standing association with UK publishers Penguin Books.
They commissioned him to illustrate a collection of paperback editions
(some of w...
Scripture
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To argue whether Holy Scripture contains contradiction is like arguing
whether a picture is flat. They are both representations, pointing beyond
themselv...
Webisode 7: The Conceptual Edge
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Hi Everyone,
I'm very happy to finally post Webisode 7: The Conceptual Edge. If you're
interested in downloading this webisode in HD along with an extended...
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I'm not using this blog enough and Ihave decided to change things around a
bit. I hope in the next few weeks to start putting up more serious stuff
and bet...
PTD EXCLUSIVE: Gabriele Pennacchioli
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An Italian native, Gabriele Pennacchioli joined DreamWorks Animation in
2003 as a lead animator on “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.” He went on
...
April's art tip newsletter...
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*I forgot to post this here...and the art tip itself is on my website, as
always, http://cathyjohnson.info.
ANOTHER NEW VIDEO on YOUTUBE *
In answer to q...
Sprung!
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Warm weather, wildflowers blooming, longer days, all signs pointing towards
the migratory trend out of the studio, and into the field to tackle the
profusi...
Cambridge 2012 Summer schedule
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Cambridge Street Studios, Philadelphia’s new premier academic atelier of
drawing, painting, and sculpture, is pleased to announce its programs for
Summer 2...
Cupid and Psyche
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Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo is hosting the exhibition La favola di Amore e
Psiche. Il mito nell’arte dall’antichità a Canova. It makes sense that the
exhibit...
Puss an' Boots
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Puss an' Boots from Funny Films #13 by Dan Gordon. Fun stuff. Be sure to
check out Sherm Cohen's post on Dan Gordon.
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holy cow
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Super busy putting together a new portfolio and finishing up a children's
book, with 24 illustrations. I'll have some sneak peeks and process pieces
soon.
Fire and Water
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Here's a preview from a new project started recently in collaboration with
miss AntRat. We're creating a children's book, and this is one of the 20
planned...
The Official Barf Book!!!
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**CLICK ON PIC!**
**CLICK ON PIC!**
The Official Barf Book is HERE!!! This book you cannot miss! It's got tons
of visual gags, jokes, facts, history, caric...
BRANDSTUDIO PRESS 5TH ANNIVERSARY
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Brandstudio Press will celebrate its 5th Anniversary this coming March. I,
personally never thought we would last a full year, let alone five and the
way ...
Post that has nothing to do with Valentine's
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The next few posts I want to do will be about my hillbilly comic
characters, but since I still need to go digging to find them, here are
some drawings that...
OFF/cina - 21/01/2011
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EXPOSIÇÃO
ANDRÉ LOUREIRO
BERN'
CATARINA QUERIDO
DAVID CAMPOS
INÊS COSTA
JOÃO RETORTA
JOSÉ TORRES
xJUNKIEx
MARIANA CÁCERES
MARINA MARQUES
MIGUEL RAMOS
MINA...
Ode to Travis Schlaht
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Two extraordinary portraits on exhibition at the John Pence Gallery.
Blue Dress 20" x 27"
Wisdom 16" x 20"
http://www.johnpence.com/visuals/pai...
META: Archive Feedback – Scout Raskin
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Hi there, I’m production supervisor over at Frankenhole, a stop-motion show
on Cartoon Network. I’m really sad to hear that the archive is shutting
down. T...
META: Archive Feedback – Scout Raskin
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Hi there, I’m production supervisor over at Frankenhole, a stop-motion show
on Cartoon Network. I’m really sad to hear that the archive is shutting
down. T...
Composition and Design | Using Dominants
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Arranging visual elements into a successful composition is the foundation
of any good painting. When a painting doesn’t seem to work, painters often
a...
We're moving
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The Google AdSense Team has sent me an email warning me that this blog has
pornography and/or adult content. As an example, they referred me to the 1932
la...
The Nutty Professor (USA, 1963)
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There are those who detest Jerry Lewis. I cannot empathise with them
because I can no more understand them than I can those who disparage
Charlie Chaplin...
HIATUS
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Hello, friends. And I mean that.
In the years since I started this blog, I've made real friends around the
world.
The time has come for a hiatus. Possibly...
**Hiatus**
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Well folks as you may have noticed I've been somewhat absent when it comes
to posting on this blog.
I love doing it and have a ton more to share but life ha...
HB 4 specials production notes
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***LAYOUT EXTRA NOTE: It's important to not have too many shows going into layout at the same time. It's an intensive stage of production where I have to be ...
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