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Jul on 29 November 2009 |
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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.
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Jul on 25 July 2009 |
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When life gets busy and I step away from my artwork for a while, sometimes I have a hard time jumping back in. That’s when I decide to set the bar really low, and just tell myself to play around in my sketchbook. A good example of this is the above mess. My inspiration was the ticket stub from Museum Brandhorst (pasted in the upper right corner). By incorporating scraps of paper I collect as I go about my day, my sketchbook becomes a little like a visual journal of my life.
Now back to catching up on the 100 in 100, again.
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Jul on 10 November 2008 |
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This post over on Red Otter inspired me to play along with a self-portrait concept: “If you were to pull together five to ten of your favorite items in your home, what would be included, which items would you choose? What is indicative of you? What have you carried with you everywhere you’ve traveled or lived?” Here’s what I came up with:

If anyone else decides to play along, let me know in the comments!
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Jul on 7 February 2008 |
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How much fun would it be to paint the walls of my studio with this stuff and just make them giant dry-erase boards?
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