Postcards from the Edge: deadline Thursday

Visual AIDS is holding the 12th annual Postcards from the Edge exhibition and benefit sale in January. Artists from all over the world donate postcard-sized works of art which are then sold to benefit Visual AIDS. You too can donate a postcard, but your entry must be postmarked by this Thursday, 10 December 2009. I … Read more

The monsters are done!

My sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project is finally done, documented, and ready to be mailed tomorrow. Woo hoo! Here are some of the pages that turned out to be my favorites. I’m looking forward to turning my attention to projects which don’t involve monsters (for the Sketchbook Project I was randomly assigned a topic: Aaah! … Read more

rubber cement monster

I had to rub so much to get the glue off that I ripped a page out of the sketchbook (some of them are perforated, which doesn’t work so well with all the wet media I’m using). Thanks to the mad skillz I gained working in a book bindery, I was able to reattach it … Read more

monsters and gear

This is what the covers of the monster sketchbook look like right now. And this is a page I went back over with gouache after masking a bit with rubber cement. Mostly I was just happy to have rubber cement – I bought some today after looking for it for weeks. It’s not labeled with … Read more

almost done with the monsters

Today I put the finishing touches on several pages of the monster sketchbook. I’ve decided to get it in the mail by Monday at the latest. It’s not due until the end of December, but I need to move on to other projects.

AEDM 2009 day 30: it’s over already?

Once again the last day of Art Every Day Month snuck up on me. I’m not ready for it to end! I especially like how AEDM has helped me make so much progress on my Sketchbook Project monsters sketchbook. Pretty much every page has something on it, and after a little more work on the … Read more

AEDM 2009 day 29: the Procrastinator

OK, so art it isn’t, but I wanted to show you my little chicken in a basket drawing anyway. This is a page from a notebook I have called the Procrastinator. Each page has spaces for little drawings and other quick, time-wasting activities. Something about the sense of humor of the authors really tickles me.

AEDM 2009 day 28: hand monster

One of my goals for the coming week is to finish the monster notebook, document it, and send it off. For missing two days of AEDM, I think I’ll do two more weeks of it (including blog posts) in December. Maybe I can convince my friend Kim to do it with me. 🙂

Slacker

OK, so I’ve totally missed the last two days of Art Every Day Month. But I have a boatload of excuses: We had friends visiting from London. I hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for 20 people. The Christmas markets opened yesterday. Someone who looks a lot like me was busy taking part in an illegal flash … Read more