A sketch for my (hopefully) next painting:
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Starry Sidetable
May 25, 2011 – 9:23 pm
I’ve had this IKEA table for years, collecting dust, and mostly holding junk. If it wasn’t going to be useful, I decided it might as well be nice to look at.
I started by painting the somewhat shiny black surface (the legs are tan) with white acrylic as a primer.
The circle shape really made me want to paint one of my favorites…Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Above is the underpainting…
…and this is the finished product!! I coated it with acrylic sealer spray to protect the surface. I’m pretty happy with it and don’t mind having it around now 
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“Pattern”
September 29, 2009 – 11:42 pm
Haven’t done an IF in awhile, this week’s “Pattern” made me think of repetition and a traditional dressmaker’s pattern. For the illo I made an Artist Trading Card collage:
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“Strong”
September 6, 2009 – 1:12 am
Sometimes we don’t know our own strength…and sometimes, it’s because we don’t have any.
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“Impatience”
August 13, 2009 – 5:21 pm
I wasn’t patient enough to make a new piece this week, so here’s one that summarizes it for me…
running away, somewhat unfinished, and not knowing what’s next.
Can’t WAIT for next week’s word!!!
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“Modify”
August 4, 2009 – 12:23 am
IF this week has prompted a very important grammar lesson:
An adjective modifies a noun, as seen in the illustration below.
(And an adverb modifies a verb, boys and girls.)
For more information, please watch the schoolhouse rock song here.
“Idle”
July 26, 2009 – 12:58 am
Illustration Friday this week was “idle,” and while images ranging from long, idyllic summer naps to deathly stiff boredom floated through my head, the saying “idle hands are the devil’s tools” seemed to click the most – not to mention Idle Hands is one of my favorite Bad Movies ever
Plus I got to sketch with my lithograph crayons, which have been “idly” collecting dust in their hiatus…
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“Tango”
July 22, 2009 – 2:20 am
[ today's illustration is brought to you by my pair of broken sunglasses ]
“But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”
Kahlil Gibran
“Hollow”
July 15, 2009 – 2:53 am
Suzie Lee was in a jumble-
Her tummy often made a rumble
To voice complaints of being hollow;
It begged Suzie for food to swallow.
So when Suzie skipped an ice cream cone
Her tummy made its anger known.
“Shaky”
July 6, 2009 – 1:58 am
Salt always got a little shaky making decisions when Pepper wasn’t around. As a result of his codependency, he has only been allowed to appear in restaurants in an isolated unit under Pepper’s close supervision. Salt could not be reached for comment, as he is currently in the Spice Rehabilitation Program building up his self-esteem and taking it one day at a time.
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