Thursday, October 30, 2008

Monsters In The Dark logo design


Had way to much fun with this - and a perfect project for Halloween week!
This is for my friend Kristin who is creating sock monsters and ceramical wonders in Germany. You can see her work by clicking here:

Pumpkin painting


Not really a high-end art project, but very fun and a seasonal project I enjoy. I don't like to carve pumpkins because it's so wasteful to let the delicious pumpkin flesh rot, unappreciated. I prefer to paint, then rinse, then carve up and turn into pie or cookies or muffins or....

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Mural complete!


Was able to finish the mural yesterday and I'm very happy with how it turned out. Lissi and Noah said they were happy with it too. I look forward to more opportunities to paint on walls and get more of my art in public places!

This mural took about 35 hours to complete including design and prep work.

If you like natural baby/child products, you can visit Lissi's cool store in person or online: www.sproutsoup.com

Monday, October 20, 2008

Happy cucumbers


The cukes came out nicely. I did a regular and a seedless english cucumber and I'm happy that you can tell them apart.

Just about done!


Very close - just have cauliflower clouds and detail work to do. Can't wait for the grand opening on Thursday :)
Took this pic with my phone - camera needs batteries!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Fun Onions!


Really enjoyed painting these onions - they were singing to me (and not making my eyes water at all.)

Getting close to veggieland...


I am nearing completion on this mural, the grand opening for "Sprout Soup" is next thursday, Oct. 23 from 4-7pm if anyone would like to come and see and check out Lissi's awesome store. The address is: 4310 N. High Street. It's just south of Henderson between Clintonville and Worthington.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Mmmm... purple cabbage


Very pleased with the purple cabbage. Made me want to go get some purple grapes and purple cabbage and make purple juice in my juicer :)

Veggieland looking good


Got a lot done last night, had some good music playing and didn't have a little Stelly to try and keep occupied. Did the corn and potatoes and got the other veggie hills done. I also did some shadows in the garden.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

We got the beets!


Got a few other veggies done - really like how the beets came out. Can't wait to paint some carrots.

Veggieland Mural continues


Was able to work on the mural for quite a while on Friday. Got the sea of greens completed and the asparagus cattails - which, by the way are taller than me. Made me very hungry to be painting a six foot tall asparagus. A little garlic lemon butter and I would have been licking the wall!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Myths ad for web


Then, they liked it a lot so they asked if I could make it into a web ad. Which meant I had an excuse to color the illustration - which was great fun. I took it into photoshop and airbrushed it. Came out pretty nice :)

Myths ad for newsprint


Then I put together this ad for them which will be in the Other Paper for a couple of weeks - gotta remember to pick up a copy!

Myths of Public Radio


Today I did an illustration and an ad for WCBE that was particulary fun. Their fall fundraiser theme is "The Myths of Public Radio" so I did this illustration of Bigfoot, Nessie and an alien dancing to some great NPR music.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Painted Dirt and Started Sea of Greens


Dirt was the biggest solid block of color in the whole thing so wanted to get it done with. I'm enjoying how the leafy pond is looking so far. I'll go back on Friday for a long day of painting and get lots more done.

First Day Painting Veggies


Started out with the broccoli trees - very excited with how they turned out. They look yummy. Can't wait to paint the asparagus - Mmmmm!

Ready to paint Veggies


Did a little prep work on Wednesday to get the wall ready to paint, then pencilled in the mural. Lissi was nice enough to buy me some acrylic since I've had nightmares trying to work with latex (which is what she had already bought). I'm such a diva.