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?

                                                                                         

Themed Art

 So I have been trying to do more art that stretches me and I have found that being apart of a group is a great way to do this because we each can hold each other accountable to do some sort of art on a more regular basis. As I mentioned in a previous post I have participated in a group called Sketch Dailies via Facebook. Well, I decide to create my own group on Facebook called Artistic Kaleidoscope. My sister and I manage the page. The goal for the page is to encourage working artist to really sit down and do something every few months. The picture above is a piece I did for the second theme we had: Rain. I love how it turned out. You can see some of other participants work and previous theme by clicking on the link below.
https://www.facebook.com/Artistickaleidoscope?ref_type=bookmark

Once Upon a Time- In love with Fairy Tales

Between the film the Great OZ and the recent shows Once Upon A time and Alice in Wonderland I couldn't help but do some art pieces inspired but theses wonderful flicks. I plan to do a few more pieces and have Fairy Tale series but for now this is what I have completed. Enjoy!

 

The study of a master

So I have been messing around with a lot of sketches for a site on twitter and Facebook called Sketch Dailies 

The site gives themes each day of subjects artist can draw and submit to their two sites. It's been quite fun and in some cases challenging. Also in my free time I have also been working on a painting by the famous Johannes Vermeer - Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Lines, lines, and more lines

Recently I have been doing work where I'm mainly drawing in pen. I find I really enjoy it because there is no mess to clean up once I'm done. Below are my current masterpieces! ;)

This is a piece I did for a possible t-shirt design

I currently have been hooked on fairytale theme for my art and this is a drawing I did for a collage piece I did for a series of fairytale pieces I'm doing.

My selfie sketch for a FB page called Sketch Dailies

 Another drawing for my fairytale series.

Another drawing for a possible t-shirt

Creativity at its best

 So I've been quite busy lately working on some mixed medium pieces that I will post soon but for now I thought I would post some work I have recently been working on. Enjoy!