Monday, October 12, 2015

Dear Andy

This is a shitty likeness and yuck portrait. But...it means something to me.  a few years ago I lost one of my best friends to cancer. I have been wanting to do a portrait of him for a long time and after his birthday this year I figured it was about time to try. Unfortunately I didn't succeed well with this one but there will be others. I attempted to write a letter to him in the background by pressing hard into the paper and then covering it thinking that it would work as a resist. It worked very well with the white paper but with the darker paper it didn't show up quite as well. I miss my friend very much, I wish that he could meet my dog and I wish that he would have been around for certain movies and TV shows I know he would have enjoyed. But most of all I miss his laugh and is genuine smile and his brilliant mind. Dear Andy, I miss you.

Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Productive.

Apparently feeling like crap makes me make stuff. I have a sore throat...tired. Between gargles of salt water I sat on my ass and doodled all night.

Now I need a nap before dealing with some pressing family things.  I would rather deal with sickness anyday than a broken heart...even vicariously.

Goodnight for now. Hopefully I will waken stronger.

I need to be strong.

Monday, October 05, 2015

Bluebird

I decided to put a nest in his beard.  Calling it done. I suppose I should try to get better than phone photos...but sadly my phone is the best camera I have.

Saturday, October 03, 2015

Finished-ish

My first two pastemat works. Calling them done. The fish is spoken for. The woman I just finished tonight.
Tomorrow I plan in working on the non-pastelmat surface...but it will be hard going back knowing I love the pastelmat so well!
More experimentation ahead.
Goodnight for now, Bambi Lynn