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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Watercolour Blots

My right hand hasn't  been feeling so great these past days, most likely due to the overload of computer/mouse-related projects. I figured I should probably stay away from anything digital for this next entry. Looking around my room, I found a brand new Moleskine (yet another Christmas gift).

I wanted to do a watercolour to break into this new book, so I got my palette, glad to be almost ready to go and realized that I should probably wash it before commencing a new painting. But people often say that a colour palette, which has some leftover colour from previous work is actually better to work with than a sparkling clean one. I like this theory.
My used watercolour palette
I mixed some colours together and randomly spread them over one page of the Moleskine. I then closed it and pressed hard, getting this result.
Watercolour blots on the Moleskine
Now for the most fun part: seeing things within the randomness of colour. In this case, I saw a mysterious girl getting away in a carriage.
Mysterious Lady

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Artists Wanted 2010



I just entered this competition and I would really appreciate your support. Please vote for my portfolio!

You Can do it by clicking here.

About AW 2010:
Artists Wanted is a collaborative project between several New York City artists and creative organizations working to build new lasting opportunities for emerging talent. They have experienced first hand the difficulties in breaking into the professional art world and it is their mission to make this process more welcoming, dynamic and open-ended. Via AW

Friday, January 21, 2011

Design Aerobics by Designboom

Yesterday I signed up for Designboom's Design Aerobics, and I could not be more excited! Over the course of the year, I will participate in several design projects that include:

• Self Promotion
• Packaging
• Sport
• Food
• Tech Gadgets
• Paper

 

Take a look at these links, they are great courses if you want to do some design work at your own pace, meet new people and polish your skills.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Lime Green Ink!

I have hinted to friends and family that if they don't know what to get me for Christmas, to just get art supplies. So this year I got some cool Daler Rowney liquid acrylic in Genesis Green.
It is closer to ink in consistency and since I haven't worked in ink for a long time, I thought it would be a good idea to bust out some colour paper and see what this sparkly green acrylic has to offer.


30 minutes later and with a bit of Photoshop tweaking, here is what I had. The ink did not look as green on paper as it did in the bottle, which was a bit disappointing, but overall, the metallic shining effect was very nice. I think next time I'll try black paper instead of purple.