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Today I am starting to move into the studio! It couldn't be a more blustery day out, but whatever...still making the move. It's been a long time since I've been this excited about something.

I drew this last night, playing with emotions and color. Kind of like a hopeful beginning with mixed feelings. Life has already directed me to a different path.

Studio!

A few friends and I are going to be renting a studio space at the Hungerford Building on Main St. I am super excited for this because it is going to obviously make me more productive with my art. My friend and fellow Dad's mate, Greg is going to be using the space for tattooing. So, if anyone is interested in some pretty sweet tats, he has a really awesome illustrative style. My friends Jehenna and Raven will be moving in as well. Raven paints street-art inspired psychedelic paintings and Jehenna paints with wonderful textures and also blows glass. Another sweet deal is that we are moving right across from Carla, Fawn and Caitlyn! I'm excited for our little art community.

Well, I must get back to subbing. I'm at Penfield Bay Trail Middle School today for art. We're making Paper Mache Pacific Northwest Indian masks.

New merch and Hearts and Crafts

This past week I tried a new printing technique. I wanted to try transferring some drawings to wood. I read that caulk (the stuff you use to fill in cracks in tubs, floors, etc.) makes a really good transferring medium (just make sure you have good ventilation). You paint the caulk on the object you want a printed image transferred to and then burnish the paper onto the surface. I found that colored ink did not work, but both black inkjet prints and xerox prints worked pretty well. The xerox print turned out darker.

Xerox/laser transfer

Inkjet transfer

The laser transfer came out darker, but I also like the line quality and subtleness of the inkjet. I definitely will use both, depending on the color I paint the wood.

Today was the second winter Hearts and Crafts at Javas. Fawn, Madeleine and I did pretty well. The show was a great turnout. There was a surprising amount of children (I noticed that the mailer included that there were toys for sale). Awesome, because I try to make things that would appeal to kids and adults. Fawn's boss's son bought one of my ravens. That made me happy.

Anyway, here are some photos from our display:

Sketches

These are a few recent sketches. Some may be used for some upcoming paintings.

I am going to try to paint on wood. I will definitely be documenting it, so look for some posts in the near future.

design study

preliminary sketch idea for painting

girl head studies