Hear none... see none... speak none

This is an old piece...
A friend sent it to me recently...
I think I may have done this 2006-2007

Thamz

This looks more like her now...
I couldn't fix the lips...
Pastels and my pencil crayons
don't like each other..hmmm

Bruised

It says "Bruised" in this..

(07)

B on the mushroom.. R.. then U... i... s e wrapped around the posts.. then d

Nadaline...

(Dec. 07)

More reasons why not to post your pics online...

Because I will find them...

...And sketch it

(Nov. 07)

I remember when...

(Sept. 08)

I can't remember the actual title of this..
It's oil paints on canva-paper.

Legs

(Sept. 08)
It's not me..
It's a pic I found on flickr.
I combined two images..
wanted to colour..

It's not me

Effects of new art supplies...

(Aug. 08)
I just bought new pencil crayons..
and I was desperate to use it..
so... a sketch of me.
a sketch of flowers..

Renata

(July, 08)

I made arguably a mistake on one of her cheeks. However, in the moment I was sketching it, this is how she looked to me... and her face was into the pillow, and I'm assuming gravity would flatten the cheek a bit. Such a willing model. My other defense is... the ink. It's not reversible as with pencil.

Ray

(21/06/08)

Ray is one of my fave male models to use.
Most of the time he isn't aware that I'm
drawing him though. He has nice sketchable
features on a young, still boyish face.
So... he's perfect for practice.
I made him look a tad older..
hmm...

Squirrels

prelimary sketch

Click on photo to enlarge...
I did fur detail..

I took the pics with a camera
as opposed to a scanner
so I was messing with the
editing options on the comp
to get it right...

Viola.. the colour is a bit more
brighter than this.

(25th Sept. '08)

Soucouyant

This started off as a portrait attempt on black paper.

I just bought the black paper sketchbook... and this is my first (attempt) portrait on black paper... I got frustrated using the tedious pencil crayons so.... it doesn't look like the person, and I cheated and used a touch of soft pastels to level the colour...

I think it looks like a ligaroo... or soucouyant... hence the title.

Initial laying of colour...

(25th Sept. 08)

Ange ou Démon

Oil Paints
'08

Paint conservation campaign.

I had some left over paints... and did it on this..
And that was the end result.
9-12-07

Trinidad Bouganvelia

I can't remember if this was acrylic or oil..
I think it's acrylics..
13th Dec. '07

This was started Feb. 7th 2008...

to be finished....

Oil Pastels
2008

Carenage, The Square, lights

Quick sketch

Paper, pen and ink.

Shawn & Di

Shawn & Di

Oil pastels on paper

Dec' 07

Lonely for her

"Lonely for her"
Dec' 07
Acrylics on paper

Rising

This is what happens when you take too long to upload pics onto your comp... You forget and by the time you actually upload it, you realize it's been months...

Oh well.

This is a painting I did for an exhibition called "Rising".

The final piece cuts it in half down the center. I have two sets of photos posted because I found it interesting how the background influences the painting.

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How to make your own sketchbook, journal, etc....

Shelli's technique.



Materials:

• Ordinary printing paper
• Scissors
• (Uhu) Glue
• Thread
• Needle
  
• Hammer and nail
  
• Construction paper or other decorative media
• paints/pens
• Ruler
• Pencil
  

Step One:

Create groups of 4 with the pages. Then fold them in half. Measure with a pencil one inch, then 1 cm spaces (about 10 cm down depending on the size of the paper you are using. Please use your own discretion.)

Step Two:

At each pencil marking, with the aid of the hammer and nail, punch a small hole. Only a small hole is needed so that the needle could pass through, thus, don't pound the nail. Tap it with enough force to create a small hole.

Step Three:

Thread your needle and begin to sew the pages together.





Step Four:

Do the same measurements on the desired paper for the book cover. Use your discretion to decide how big the space for the spine will be, depending on the thickness of your paper put together. Then repeat the process with hammer and nail and then sew in the pages.


Step Five:

Use some liquid glue to further reinforce and bind the pages to the cover.





Step Six:

Decorate as you desire... I put quotes on each page and turned it into a journal.




Finished: