day 18

Daily Ode 17

Some quick studies/sketches in paint and pencil. A partial ode to childhood. I'll be adding some pop culture items in my daily work. But, a lot of it will be some of my own children's book style work. I like working on both.

Tomorrow is the start of a new continuing theme all year. Maybe once a week? Daily (or 'every other day') Ode to books.

listening to this while I scanned in the sketches. Wish I was at that pub and I had a cool vintage styled dress with side buttons like Lisa's. And the red hat too. But, then again if I wore it, I'd look more like an elf.

for today:
1-chewable vitamins making me feel like a kid but they are basic circle shapes and not the 'Flinstone' brand I used to have growing up.
2-appreciating the color aqua
3-the clickety clack sound of my thrifted typewriter
4-watching the classic The Color Purple ... and will admit to needing some tissues. I hadn't seen it in years, but the ending, always gets to me.
5-lemon scented dust cloths in use while organizing my studio space.

A fortune cookie, butterfly dish and a dash of painting mayhem...

daily ode no. 14

Your fortune reads "There is a prospect of a thrilling time ahead for you."

Air Five: "The motion of High-Fiving given by two people from a distance"

1-the sound of ginger ale on ice and the clinking of ice swishing around the glass

2-lovely thrifted ceramic butterfly dish from a wonderful vintage seller with a few dings and scrapes around the edges.

3-thinking of the stories behind the dings and scrapes and places it's been.

4-fun fortune cookie messages, even especially the random ones

5-the glorious color combination of blue and orange

daily ode no. 12 ... watercolor experiments

I usually use acrylic and gouache among other supplies. Not so much watercolor. It's been collecting dust in my studio remembering the good ol' days in high school and college when I used the medium primarily. I thought I'd add it back into my work. Playing with some patterns and some quickly painted butterflies.

Day 10

The start of another breakfast at tiffany's inspired image. The goal was to have a calendar for this year. The new plan is for next year. I have a few more tiny thumbnail sketches of of remaining odes to this movie planned out so I figure I'll finish the project little by little this year. I have plans for other movie odes and my own stories but I'd like to see this through. It is a good movie. Audrey and George were great. And the short story too. Just very different from each other. The movie and book though are not my favorite. Some special daily odes to be added sometime soon dedicated to that.

Day 7

Audrey and Gregory in "Roman Holiday"

Day 4 ... sketchbook characters

I opened my sketchbook and after a few scribbles here and there met...

Mr. Turquoise Teal who is fond of turtlenecks, table tennis, top hats (his is at the dry cleaners) and timeless tunes.

The second person was in a hurry and I didn't catch their name.

On the third page I found Mademoiselle Papillon and a small friend of hers. 

Day 3 in yellow

“I shut my eyes in order to see." -Paul Gauguin