Casual Day

I never realized how blue this sweater was until I paired it with a green t-shirt! This Tiny Outfit painting is available on Etsy.

Memphis Heavyweights

Last Saturday the Art Museum at the University of Memphis hosted Memphis Heavyweights, a collaborative project between artist Nick Cave and several local groups. It was an amazing spectacle, and I had a great time sketching it. I think they should do this every weekend.




















This group was being led by someone in a crazy costume with a mask that looked like a giant tin can. The group was carrying a river of fabric on poles.






















The little kids dressed like trees and dancing were super cute. It's difficult enough to draw people when they are not dancing, so I tried sketching this guy playing 5-gallon plastic buckets like drums, but the crowd crowded in around him and I had to move on.






















Giant metal cornucopia being carried by more people in crazy costumes.






















Another angle of the cornucopia. They also had people with them who were dancing and they were fantastic, but impossible to draw.






















Up top are Aztec dancers in these lightweight structures that they were inside of. On the bottom are the folks from the Natural Learning school. They had these huge puppet-like structures covered in cloth, with some crocheted leaves hanging off of them, made by yours truly.






















There was a float/car with an environmental message. I'm thinking bikes might have gotten that message across a little better. They also had handouts that ended up littering the sidewalks.

On the right is local sculptor Eli Gold inside of a giant metal costume. I was sketching him as I walked backwards alongside him.






















These folks were awesome: Danza Azteca Quetzalcoatl. They were the same ones marching inside the lightweight structures. I was actually leaving after the parade and was drawn back by the sound of their drums. The dancing was amazing!

Flowers and Flower

More pre-accessorized clothes from the Tiny Outfits series. Also a buttercup necklace I got for an anniversary.

Listed on Etsy here.

Flowers and Loops

Another in my Tiny Outfits series.

This series makes getting dressed for work more fun. It's a lot more fun when your sweater comes with accessories already on it!

Click here for the listing of this painting in my Etsy shop.

Little Van

Little Van not related to Tiny Outfits.

New Series: Tiny Paintings

I've been hinting at this for a while: my new series Tiny Outfits.

It started with trying to think of a "thing-a-day" project, though it is really a "thing-every-few-days-or-at-least-once-a-week" project. Here's how it works:

1. I try to make a more interesting-than-usual outfit.
2. I take a picture of myself. (I've gotten very good with the self-timer.)
3. I make a tiny painting.

When I say tiny, I mean tiny. The image measures 3" by 5" and is painted in oils on gessoed paper. The paintings each have about a .25" border on all sides, so the paper measures about 3.5 by 5.5 inches. Sold unframed, but they prop up on your favorite shelf nicely.

These are now available in my Etsy shop, also conveniently called Sketchwork.

Expect to see the first few on Sketchwork (the blog) this week, and many more to come in the future!

See, I told you they are tiny!

Soldier of the Day