Shades of Blue

For Kohler's "Shades of Blue" graffiti contest - A blue slice of orange! :)

Window Painting 2010 - Sneak Peek!

Sneak Peek! :) This is a terrible webcam shot of my window painting, but you can see the trees I've finished. I'm pretty happy with how they've turned out. Soon, you won't see our neighbors house across the street at all. Heh

I'll be sure to take a real picture once I'm done.

It's been a lot of fun to do. I think I'll have to wait until Saturday to finish it. It hasn't been that hard to paint the white snow on the trees when it's dark outside, but the other colors are a bit difficult to see and will be easier to do during the day. But, it looks even cooler at night. :)

Shades of Blue

For Kohler's "Shades of Blue" graffiti contest - A blue slice of orange! :)

Baby Norah

Bah... Babies are HARD! It's not near as cute as she really is, but it was fun and great practice.

It's Kind of a Funny Story

So, drawing Jessi's birthday cupcake this morning definitely put me in the mood to draw. So, here's another after I saw a contest to draw something that goes under the category, "It's Kind of a Funny Story." I thought this was fitting... What do YOU think?!?

Painted Elephant

Our Son, Anthony

Phew, this was difficult for me. I have little practice with portraits. I enjoyed my struggles though. :) This is a portrait of Anthony at nine years old. He is now 10.

Flash tool used (Animated replay)
Created Jan 19, 2010

Tropical Gardenia

RateMyDrawings continues to raise their ink limit, but somehow I always manage to run low way before I'm ready. The result (background) was not quite what I had intended since I had so little ink to play around with.

Another lunch hour spent drawing with my tablet. :o}

Pysanky Puzzle

A Puzzling Drawing

Below is a puzzle I created using PuzzleBee. The image is a still life drawing I did in 2008. If you enjoy this one, please check out my recent entry: Painted Puzzle.

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Painted Puzzle:

I created a puzzle using an illustration that I recently painted in acrylics. If you like puzzles... Check this out!

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Cherry-Licious

Lake of Fire

Pause for Paws

Or, rather "Give Pause for Paws"...

I took my ten thumbnails (See post here.) from my Typography class and began anew. You see, our assignment description actually asked that we design a poster for a cause. I spent a few hours browsing the internet hoping something would jump out and me and get my creative juices flowing. However, I couldn't think of anything. So, I then began focusing on letters that would be interesting bleeding off the page as the assignment required. I decided "G" was a fun one. Then, I ran across my art supply catalog and jumped in designing with the phrase "Gallery of Art." I knew full well that I would have to change it later. Later being today.

I spent another hour or two trying to find causes that began with a "G." I asked suggestions from my parents who thought of Government, Greenhouse Effect, and Matt and I came up with a few others. However, none of them seemed to fit with the fonts and layout designs that I already had set up. I didn't want to have to start completely from scratch. Then, I began looking for causes starting with giving and gold. At some point I came across a link referring to their pet. I immediately thought of Sugar, my adopted dog as a young girl. We adopted Sugar from a shelter called "Pause for Paws." I have always loved that name and decided to tweak it a bit to begin with a "G."

Here's the result of my poster design and thought process (I know, scary stuff... huh?):

This is merely my first draft. I still have a chance to make corrections. Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Typography

I have just finished my second week in my Typography class. It's going well and I'm enjoying the work so far. These classes always gets more fun as the weeks progress. I have three assignments due each week; first are ten thumbnails coinciding with the particular project speculations, then we have a rough draft of one and a final draft.

Here is my final draft from the first week. It is a couple of words including any serif and sans serif font and labels the anatomy of type.

Instructor Feedback: Carol Clemente-Ferrazzano 23 Jan 09 7:59 PM MST

Sara's design is a class act that works solely and successfully with type. She utilizes black ink to enhance the style of the serif and sans serif typefaces. The diagram labels are informative and clear.

For next week we had to submit ten thumbnails for a poster type design and enlarge the first letter to bleed off of the page. We were also only allowed to use one color. The negative space is supposed to cause visual confusion in some cases. Below are my ten thumbnails for next week's projects. There are a few that I do not like at all, but it was tough to come up with ten different designs, so a few are just thrown together. (Hey, ideas count as ideas - good or not! :o} )

Please help me by letting me know which one or two are your favorite and maybe even why you think it is that it appeals to you.

My very first digital portrait

My very first attempt at a digital portrait. Unfortunately, I ran out of ink with lots of touch ups left unattended to. :o( Oh well, I enjoyed drawing what I was able to finish. Thank you in advance for any helpful criticism!