Raining down art onto my Umbrella

One of the local towns is having an art event where they are auctioning off umbrellas that artist paint and the money goes towards a project called 'Bac a Pac' where they use the funds raised to help feed children whoare at risk of hunger on non-school days. My sister and I decide it would be great to participate. We picked up our umbrellas a few weeks ago and have been ferociously working on them. http://www.sharebacapac.org/

First we had to come up with what we wanted to do. That wasn't as easy as I thought it was going to be. My sister knew right off the bat, I on the other hand thought I was going to do a Pop art theme but after working on some sketches I decide that wasn't the best idea. Instead, I decided to do something a little more nature focused yet, keeping with the bright colors of the Pop art style. When we went to drop off our umbrellas a couple of the people thought we might of done something similar to each other being that we are identical twins. Sometimes people think we have to do and like everything alike.  That just is not the case with twins. We have very different styles as artist.

Below I have posted my finished pieces. If you live locally you might want to keep your eyes open in Westerville, it might be up at one of the shops. Same goes for my sister's piece too.

Other ways to use creative skills

The other day I got a bleach spot on one my favorite shirts. What is a girl too do. Throw it out you say.... heck no. I turned it in to a creative project. I took a drawing I need of a swimmer (Drawing is in one of my previous post) and recreated it on the shirt using bleach and a cue-tip. Then I went on top with a fabric marker to redefine the details. I think it turned out pretty well. What do you think?