Recent Paper by 53 Drawings

 

I continue my quest to post a drawing each day. It began shortly after I discovered the Paper app in May of 2012. It is such an amazing app. I love the immediacy of working with it. I don't have to drag out boxes of paints, stacks of paper - just pop open my iPad, day or night, and begin to draw. It has been such a journey...experimenting with the tools, watching as Paper updated and expanded the app, having fun with color and composition! Oh, the joy of working! The spontaneous nature of the medium! The brilliant color vibrant with backlighting from the amazing ipad display...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Art in the Park 2012

After a four year break, Art in the Park returned to Greenville this past weekend. I was privileged to be a part of its successful return. The weather was nearly perfect both Saturday and Sunday...a little warm in the sun, but under the shade of our tent it was nice.

It was nice to do a show so close to home. Tim and I didn't have to be downtown until 8 on Saturday morning to set up. It was also nice to visit with the many friends who stopped by.

Because we were so very close to the bridge, I took a few of my Liberty bridge prints and notecards along with my glass pendants and artwork.

As usual, we met lots of very interesting people over the course of the weekend. I had a chance to visit with lots of my friends in the local art community and meet some new artists.

 

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A LUNATIKlife

A few months ago, the people behind the Paper by 53 app tweeted news of a contest by Lunatik. They were taking submissions of drawings done in the Paper app for a short period of time. When it was all said and done, I was notified that one of my drawings had placed in the top ten, and I was the winner of one of their new iPad stylus pens. This past weekend, it arrived. I have been experimenting with it these last few days and have to say I love it. It is a stylus until you click the pen button - then it becomes a traditional writing pen. Perfect!

Paper by 53 Drawing - August 30, 2012

 

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LUNATIKlife Contest

I got word today that one of my Paper by 53 drawings placed in the top 10 of the LUNATIKlife digital drawing contest. Below is the drawing and here is a link to see the winning drawings. I was so excited to get the news! I have really enjoyed exploring the possibilities of digital drawing with the Paper by 53 iPad app. I try to draw and post one drawing each day. It was fun to submit some of those to the LUNATIKlife contest earlier this summer. After reviewing the other winning entries, I feel honored to have been included!

 

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Video Portfolio

I put together this three minute video using iMovie for the iPad. It is a collection of some of the digital sketches I've done in the Paper by 53 app.

 

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Classic Case of Burnout

I've never really understood the term "burnout" until recently. I was working really hard during the fall and early winter to keep up with the various shows and festivals I had scheduled. When May came, I kind of just stopped working for a while, and a while became longer than I originally thought it would be. I was distracted by all the end of the year activities at my real job, and so I thought as soon as May was over I would get back to it. May ended, and I just wasn't feeling it. That's when I realized I had a classic case of burnout. I looked at the glass stacked around my garage and my heart just wasn't in it. I kept waiting to get inspired, and it didn't happen.

In the mean time, I picked up sketching on the iPad. A fun diversion, but the glass still waited. I didn't schedule any shows in June or July - lots of time to recover the glass groove. My next show isn't until late August, I have a pretty large inventory and I'm still coasting along.

I've decided that I will just muddle through the burnout. I will take baby steps and see if inspiration returns. I willed myself to get started this past week when I was off for the holiday. I moved my ring saw out of my very hot garage and into the dining room. I gradually started and began to enjoy working. Still, I crave something fresh, a new way of working, something new to try...but at least I'm working again.

My mind is working on new ideas. I have a few things percolating that I want to try, a few experiments to get to. I wish I could say I'm truly motivated, but at least I see a little spark. In the meantime, I will keep working. I want some new, fresh pieces for my upcoming festivals.

Below are a few of the pendants I created last week. Overall, I'm pleased with most of them. When working with the ring saw, you have to carefully clean each cut piece before firing. For some reason, even though I washed the pieces a few of them still had the debris on them - this was only apparent after firing...so I lost a few in the process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Week of New Sketches

 

 

More sketches created this week using my iPad and the Paper by 53 app. I try to do one sketch each day. The app automatically posts them to my tumblr page and tweets them. I usually put the sketch of the day on my LeisaWorks Facebook page too.

 

I've had several people ask me about getting prints made from these. I've investigated and found 2 sites to create prints from Instagram images. I brought them into Instagram and set up galleries on each site. The image above shows a page in one of these galleries.

 

The first is called Instaprints - if you click you will go to my gallery. This site prints on canvas, acrylic, and different types of paper. You can even get a customized frame and mat. The other site is called instacanvas - they print on gallery wrapped canvas.

 

 

 

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