This week's Illustration Friday topic was "Paisley." I can never pass up the opportunity to pour over patterns, whether in book form, web form, or book-on-web (via drawn) form. And I like ampersands. Hence, the Paisley Punctuation Pattern. In (Peacock Blue) Pen.
Recently I had some photos in the Summer smART Show at the Flat Iron Arts building in Wicker Park.
These are digital prints from school in Alfred, matted here in Chicago. The instruments are made of duct tape. More photos from the series.
Recently I had several photos featured in the Summer smART Show at the Flat Iron Arts Building in Wicker Park. I decided to mat the photos, and this was my first time matting images. Here's what I learned, broken down in a handy how-to-mat diagram. It all boiled down to the old adage, "Measure Twice, Cut Once."
I'm intrigued by the meanings of words & where they came from. I'm been perusing the etymology books from the Harold Washington Library Center, and found some pretty neat things. My favorite of these word books so far is Word Nerd, by Barbara Ann Kipfer.
I've decided to sketch some of these findings. This week, in conjunction with Illustration Friday's topic, "Subterranean," I drew "Spelunking."
From Kipfer's Word Nerd: Spelunker: Cave explorer / speleologist. It comes from the Latin word for cave, 'spelunca.' (In Greek it's 'spelynx').
I love tableau vivants, people dressing up as paintings. I love trying to replicate the details of a well-known piece of art. That's why I am so excited about this music video, from a band called Hold Your Horses! The song is called "70 Million." It includes homages to Jacques-Louis David, René Magritte, & Sandro Botticelli, among others.
